to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
elegance; taste; refinement
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
at the meeting; on the occasion
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
Confucianist; Confucian (scholar)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to have a name entered in the family register
Ninju era (851.4.28-854.11.30)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
closing of a business; discontinuation; close of business (for the day)
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
subscription; contribution
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
expectation; anticipation; forecast
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; dirt
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop