(social) position; status
magistrate; shogunate administrator
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
it is not (like that) either
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
surname; family name; last name
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
military officer; naval officer
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase