able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
government service; official position; civil service
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
leader of a delegation (body, party)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
innumerable; countless; numberless
history; pedigree; lineage
named after; associated with; connected with
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
dirty work; unpleasant task
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
outside the country; abroad
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need