(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
to form a pair; to pair up
vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
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; expectation; anticipation
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
5th day of the month; five days
station; office; guardroom
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; 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
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
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
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
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)
(one's) seating posture; way one sits
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less