description; describing; depicting
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to compete with; to vie for
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
secret; private; surreptitious
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
beginner; newcomer; novice; new pupil; new disciple
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
the same; the said; likewise
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
distribution; circulation
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)
originating (something); coming up with the idea; starting (something); spiritual awakening; resolution
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
unity of church and state; theocracy
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
generation; lifetime; age
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
decision; settlement; definition
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
ancestor worshipped as a deity
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose