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to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)

2

open; beginning

2

Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

1

life; living; I; me; student

3

only; just

4

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

2

stick of candy

1

nickname

4

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

4

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

2

nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

2

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

3

weak; weak-kneed; soft; feeble; effeminate

1

bed and food; eating and sleeping

1

temper; disposition

1

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

Takematsu

5

first trip of the year

1

temporary residence

1

long-cherished desire; one's heart's desire

1

Harimaya

5

old clothes; secondhand clothing

1

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

meteorologist; climatologist; aerologist

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

4

(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

3

Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)

1

orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child

2

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.); barrier gate; checkpoint gate

5

Chuutarō

3

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

1

mountain top

2

accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges; rent

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

3

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

1

senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

4

chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president

1

(ear of) Japanese pampas grass

2

Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

2

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

2