pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)
mandatory retirement system; age-limit retirement system
octopus hold (wrestling); grapevine stretch
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
rote learning; education that stresses memorization
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
education world or circles
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
principal of a private school
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill