serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to know (a person); to think
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
facing south; southern exposure
official business; public business
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
to put one's life on the line
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
blood relationship; blood relative
(making) a round of inspection; patrolling
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
subordination; dependency
existing law; existing laws; laws in force
autonomy; right of self-government