to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
first-class goods; A-grade product
Tsuda Umeko (1864.12.31-1929.8.16; educator and founder of Tsuda College)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
right under; directly below; right beneath
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
and; thereupon; because of that
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
as planned; according to plan
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...
how admirably; how wonderfully; incredibly well; splendidly