government office building
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
later on; eventually; afterwards
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
messenger; envoy; emissary
bungalow; one-story house
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
land reclamation; land fill
improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
government service; official position; civil service
powerful family; powerful clan
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
commandant; commanding officer; general
rule; governance; consul (of the Roman republic); consul (of the French republic; 1799-1804)
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
senior grade of the third court rank
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
biological younger brother
to own; to receive; to understand
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity