central government office; head office; this office
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
-less; lacking; non-existing
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
eternalism (belief in permanence of things); sassatavada
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to be surprised; to be astonished
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
last night; yesterday evening
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate