highest institute of education
spare time; free time; leisure
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
trust; confidence; credence
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
territorial right; dominion
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)
deputy head teacher; vice principal
primary school; elementary school; grade school
origin; root; cause; principle
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
shrine built to a guardian deity
main temple building; nave
property; fortune; means; assets
free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire