unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
erudition; extensive learning
genius; prodigy; natural gift
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the same place; that place
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
to teach; to take a teaching job
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
after that; afterwards; thereafter
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
the teaching profession; education of laity
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
going to Tokyo; going east
river; stream; River; the ... river
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
fortune-telling; divination