have a good day; take care; see you
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
to pull out nostril hairs; to outwit; to fool
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
showing one's face in public; facing another person
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
study; diligence; discount; reduction
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to lay the foundation (for)
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
state secrets; secrets of the state
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
genius shows from childhood; (lit.) the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to rain incessantly; to downpour