war; battle; match; game; competition
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to solicit; to demand; to extort
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)
the court; palace circles; palace floor
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
secret story; unknown episode
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thereupon; shortly thereafter
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
prime minister; premier; chancellor
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to say; to be called; to do
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number