atelier; studio; workshop
new building; new construction
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
this spring; spring this year
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
yourself; himself; herself
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
character (in a novel, film, etc.)
classification; categorization; sorting
pure literature; belles-lettres
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
way; method; means; resource; course
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
long time; long interval; for quite some time
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
generation; lifetime; age
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed