to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to smile broadly; to grin widely
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
pass (e.g. backstage pass)
town girl; girl raised in a town
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
something wrapped in a furoshiki
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
station; office; guardroom
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
to rebuild; to reconstruct
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
self-righteousness; self-justified
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to walk in on; to tread upon
guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
modernization; modernisation
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart