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Kanjirou

2

finishing up

1

Hisataka

2

main current

1

"yoiyasa"; doo-doo-doo; dum-dum-dum; heave-ho; oof; ugh

2

school affairs division

3

westernization; westernisation

2

historical drama

1

political argument

1

political rally; political meeting; political gathering

2

reparation; redemption

1

counting song; enumerative form (of waka)

1

verselet

1

optimism

1

(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

1

Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

3

government expense

1

abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)

1

love of antiquities

4

former clan; former fief

2

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

1

indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower

2

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism

2

offering; presentation; donation

1

(US) Military Academy

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

watering; sprinkling

1

makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation

1

new style

1

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

1

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

1

enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)

1

modern state; modern nation

1

Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)

1

normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college

6

assistant professor

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot

2

civil rights

4

ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family

1

suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare

1

high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)

1

upon arrival of an item (items); as soon as one arrives

1

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

8

civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

1

persuasion; convincing

1

to exert oneself

1