moat; fosse; canal; ditch
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
body; group; party; company; troupe
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
multiplication table; times table
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
in a temple; inside temple grounds; sub-temple
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
common reed (Phragmites australis)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
Susukida Kyuukin (1877.5.19-1945.10.9)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
the sentient world; all sentient beings
young greens; young herbs
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
copying (by hand); transcribing
cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); Confederate rose; dixie rosemallow; lotus blossom
reading aloud; recitation
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
junior high school student; middle school pupil
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation