inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
Japanese mathematics; mathematics developed in Japan
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
successive generations; successive emperors
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
racewalking; race walking; walking race
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
memory; sense; experience
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
educator; teacher; educationalist
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
human relations; humanity
the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud