virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
(former) imperial university
assistant professor; associate professor
spirit photography; psychic photography; thoughtography
study; research; investigation
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
technical high school; industrial high school
not yet known; unknown; strange
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
conviction; belief; confidence
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to become famous; to gain fame
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
death from disease; death from illness
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
general public; the masses
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness