Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
conscription; draft system
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
exemplar; model; example; pattern
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
private school; non-government school
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
long; drawn-out; very long
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy
fund-raising; fund collecting
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
to be in complete attendance
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
church; cathedral; chapel
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
repeatedly; several times; many times
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
advocate; proponent; supporter
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
going to the United States
correction; looking over; touching up
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy