Vocabulary

clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong

office; official

mound; hill

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

two departments (under the ritsuryō system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)

Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)

congelation; congealment; jelly

dictionary form

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a"

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i"

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u"

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e"

row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o"

phrasal verb

third person singular present

to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

dungeon

older (person); elderly

this point; now; this late in the game

tag question

roadside

speech contest

computer system

listed issue; listed brand

Brahmi script

Aramaic alphabet; Aramaic letter

Devanagari script

Tibetan character

Siddham (characters)

vowel (in the Siddham script)

consonant (in the Siddham script)

Siddham studies

prehistory

pledged assets

secured liabilities

guarantee obligations

interest-bearing liabilities; interest-bearing debt; debt with interest; liability with interest

I strongly agree