dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
shock therapy; shock treatment
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
difficult to approach; inaccessible
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
musical composition title; song title
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
refinement; elegance; grace
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
how many months?; how long?
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
wrong; different; not like that
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
senior high school; high school