salary reduction; salary cut
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
head temple of a Buddhist sect
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
superintendent priest; chief abbot
Terauchi Masatake (1852.2.24-1919.11.3)
Kodama Gentarou (1852-1906)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
professor; teaching; instruction
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
third day of the month; three days
to hoist the national flag
connection; link; relationship
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
chief; main; principal; important
three kinds; three varieties
fourth day of the month; four days
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
command; lead; generalship; leadership
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword