Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
tutor to a daimyo, etc.; tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
training; education; development; cultivation
former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
private affairs; personal matter
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; (lit.) the three religions; Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity
change of title; retitling; changed title
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void
to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
favour; favor; warm friendship
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
dark (color); concentrated; thick
repair; renovation; restoration
many-sided; multifarious; versatility