zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to think of; to give one's thought to
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
medical science; medicine
technical book; specialized book; treatise
state of mind; mentality; psychology
university hospital; teaching hospital
counter for books; volume
elementary; basic; rudimentary
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
lack of knowledge or understanding
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
modern person; people of today
sympathy; empathy; response
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
author; writer; novelist; artist
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two