philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
subordinate official; government clerk
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
thousands; several thousand
strange; rare; novel; curious
not within proper limits; excessive; unmerited; special
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
epilogue; postscript; envoi
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
lowly people (Edo period); eta
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
various matters; everything
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
thrift; economy; frugality
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect