reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
various allowances; (other) benefits
percentage of school attendance
Saigou Tsugumichi (1843.6.1-1902.7.18)
school; school building; schoolhouse
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
opinion in writing; written opinion; argument
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
a little bit; a little while
to look attractive; to look nice
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
modernization; modernisation
factory manager; works manager
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)