dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
Chinese book; book written in Chinese
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
Western civilization; Western civilisation
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
book for novices; general introduction to a subject
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
addiction to Western things
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
enlightenment; instruction
Ozaki Yukio (1858.12.24-1954.10.6) (1944.9.11-)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
the bottom of one's heart
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
Fire Ox (14th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
ardent; passionate; vehement
praise; glorification; extolment
enmity; antagonism; hostility
complete works; complete collection; complete series