relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
to join together; to combine; to join up
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to read a kanji with a different pronunciation; to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read; to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term
government; administration
poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
expertise; experience; knowledge
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
nothing; nil; naught; nought
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
already; now; no longer; not any more
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
reading matter; reading material
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
oppression; suppression; pressure
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification