technique; art; skill; move
(full) name; family name and given name
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
government service; official position; civil service
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
several hours; a few hours
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
to send a person on an errand
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
imperial sanction; royal charter; chartered (e.g. chartered accountant)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
both arguments; both opinions
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
temporary; transitory; short-lived
cease-fire; truce; armistice
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
bossing someone around; having a person under one's control
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
man of ability; gifted man
being inferior to; being no match for; being best
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
observation; watching (developments); looking out (into the distance)
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position