government office; agency; board
central government office; head office; this office
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
site; point on a map; spot
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
it is not (like that) either
(navigable) canal; waterway
comparatively; relatively
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to read the situation; to sense the mood
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
myself; yourself; I; me; you
while; during (the time when)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)