treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
study; diligence; discount; reduction
war; fighting; fierce competition
Imperial Household Agency
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
parts; accessories; components
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
hey there; I say; see here
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
government office; public office
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams