habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
system; institution; organization; organisation
decision; settlement; definition
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
authorized textbook; authorised textbook
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
Nihon kokugo dai jiten (famous Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
official document; archives
information media; press; news organs
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
than; from; out of; except; but; more
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character