planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
other; another; over; more than; I; me
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
based on; built on; made from
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
our country; our land; one's own country
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
division; section; classification; sorting; division
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)