Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three non-rain 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
detour; circumvention; turning movement
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
boarding house; school dormitory
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
looking forward (to something); awaiting
look to (for help); look up to; reverence
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
like; similar to; same as
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
government office; agency; board
great victory; crushing victory
shouting in a thunderous voice
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
speaking of ...; as for ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line