advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
as; because; with; due to
ministries and government offices; the authorities
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
small number; few; minority
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
contradiction; inconsistency
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
university student; college student
good person; virtuous person
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
professor; teaching; instruction
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
walking around at night; night travel; night train
to take over; to hand over
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to live; to make a living; to get on with
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory