senior high school; high school
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
500-man battalion (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
Ootsuka Kusuoko (1875.8.9-1910.11.9)
a step; short distance; short time
(arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
Keio (Private University)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
single-mother household; fatherless family
lineage; pedigree; good family
Ogata Kouan (1810.8.13-1863.7.25)
occasional; infrequent; rare
principal of a private school
daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge; residence of a daimyo's successor
self-study; self-teaching
dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
to appear in the newspaper
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
publish; start (new) publication
events of the day; current affairs
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding