meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
study of foreign languages; linguistics
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)
iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem)
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
explanation of a word (phrase, term, etc.); interpretation of a word
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
middle period; medium-term
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
the same; the said; likewise
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
weather; astronomical phenomena
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
three kinds; three varieties
class; heading; group; category
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
company; corporation; workplace
plant; enterprise place; office
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
student (esp. a university student)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
early on; earlier on; from early
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date