director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
preparation; provision; guarding
of course; certainly; naturally
1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to attack; to assault; to assail
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
originally; by nature; from the start
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)