jpdb beta

cut bamboo

1

intent; purpose; aim

3

liberal education; education free from restrictions imposed by government, religion, etc.

1

westernization; westernisation

1

fund-raising drive or campaign

1

viewing something in the company of one's superior

1

financing; raising funds

1

Tomi

1

Keio (Private University)

2

blurb

1

Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)

1

Yokoi Shounan

1

having strings attached (of a loan, etc.); having conditions attached; having a string or cord attached (of a bag, clothing, etc.); something with a string attached; having a lover (of a woman); woman with a male lover

1

general-interest magazine

1

Doshisha University

3

Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

joining the cabinet

1

perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

4

New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes

1

(courteous) invitation; call

2

two masters

1

unequal treaty

2

West European countries

1

retirement from public office; going into opposition; losing power

1

English-Japanese; English-Japanese dictionary

1

editor-in-chief

1

education world or circles

1

thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

1

moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

to approach the finale; to come to a close

1

main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber

1

written appeal; manifesto; declaration

1

constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

1

to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction

1

to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

1

to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

2

financier; business leader

1

Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire

2

(former) imperial university

1

first child

1

department of science

1

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

1

nozzle; muzzle; gunpoint

1

fund-raising; fund collecting

1

Saku

2

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

1

youngest child

1

saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate

1