strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to take over; to hand over
(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
the shogunate (administration)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
sympathy; empathy; response
that is to say; so that means
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
development; exploitation
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to say; to be called; to do
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
should; must; -able; probably; likely
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
scandal; deplorable event
be (that) as it may; having said that
difficult to ...; hard to ...