establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
preparatory course; preparatory department
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
coexistence; living together
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
university lecturer; college lecturer
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
young persons' association
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
regular course; this lesson
department of Japanese literature
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
newspaper story (article, account)
second-year student; biennial
promotion (school, military, etc.)