country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
the other day; a few days ago
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
unaccounted-for expenditures
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
successive generations; successive emperors
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
weekly publication; weekly magazine
man; male; masculine gender
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
study; research; investigation
fake; something false; sham; deception
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
countermeasure; counter-measure
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi