activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
person who avoids others; social outcast
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
your husband; her husband
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to satisfy oneself; to feel satisfied; to be proud
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
bureau director; office chief
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
lieutenant general (army)
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
huge rock; massive boulder
great mountain; large mountain
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
one's home; one's humble abode
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
business; errand; nature of one's business
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(another person's) younger sister
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law