one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
wooden fence; board fence
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
care; precaution; guarding; caution
number of persons; personnel
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
station; office; guardroom
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
in person; personally; directly
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt