reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
professor; teaching; instruction
indeed; really; truly; very much
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
quickly; calmly; intently
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
writing; composition; essay; sentence
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
counter for books; volume
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
meaning; significance; sense
learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
to look after (often medically); to take care of
all; entire; whole; altogether
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
some day; hereafter; at some future time
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
(whether at) peace or at war; in peacetime and at war; order and chaos
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to be contented; to be at ease
rise and fall (of nations); destiny