service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
restoration of imperial rule
hosho paper; emperor's message; shogun's message
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
restoring (power, etc.) to the emperor
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
labor service; labour service
choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization
hosho paper; traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper made from high-quality mulberry wood
return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
presentation (to someone of high status); submitting; offering
dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)
ritual matches held at a shrine
inquiring about (one's health)
school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)
respectful congratulations
(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list
bearing; presenting; holding up (emperor's picture)
carrying out the will of one's lord
service organization; service club; volunteer group
offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
receiving an imperial decree; obeying an imperial decree
imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies
serving; attending on someone
reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree
dedicatory match; ceremonial match
command sanctioned by the emperor; imperial command
report given to deity or nobility
humbly presenting something; reverently offering
Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
bargain goods; sale items
receiving (order, etc.) reverently
support given to a temple or shrine
moving an object of worship
stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary
offertory; offertory music