office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
without a holiday; nonstop
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
wherein; therein; thereinto
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
front entrance; front door
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
way of calling (something or someone)
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to grow up; to become an adult
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name