crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
(ribbon of) an official seal
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
executive officer; administrative official
scale; scope; plan; structure
chairmanship; presidency; management; president; chairman
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
three persons; three parties
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (musical instrument)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
establishment (of a business); founding
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
attendee; participant; person present
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
the first half-year; first half of the year
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
funeral; burial; condolence
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)