what with this and that; for a number of reasons
officially sanctioned brothel (Edo-period)
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
owner of a brothel or restaurant
to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence
shutout; shutting out; lock-out; freeze-out
no matter how much time passes
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
woman; female; feminine gender
a few years ago; some years back
man; male; masculine gender
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
great war; great battle; world war
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)
authorized (by imperial or royal order); authorised; appointed; enacted; established
commencing with; including
private school; non-government school
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
cultivation; nurture; culture
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)