playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
women's group; women's association
Tokyo Imperial University
high rice field; very fertile rice field
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
formal meeting (committee, etc.); session; this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
grounds of a Shinto shrine
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
misprint; typographical error; typo
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
the last days; the final years; the last generation
platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to put in order; to organize; to systematize
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work