(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
government official; clerk
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to take; to catch; to capture
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
private house; one's own house
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
(within a) territory; domains
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
for some (unspecified) reason
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth