store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
memory; ability to remember
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
opening a business; opening a practice
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
Kamo no Mabuchi (1697-1769)
writing; book; (literary) work
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
elegance; grace; refinement; good taste
main object; principal object; true aim
(in Chinese history) study of ancient texts
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843)
early-modern men's jacket resembling a haori; ten virtues; many merits
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)
ukiyoe of beautiful women; bijin-ga
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
multicolored printing; multicoloured printing
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing
wood-block printing; wood engraving
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
pessimism; weariness with life