calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
agricultural community; farm village; rural
abundant harvest; bumper crop
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
taking charge; management
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to concern; to be related
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
cabinet (of a government); ministry
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
Tsubouchi Shouyou (1859.6.22-1935.2.28)
tradition; legend; folklore
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
Matsumoto Koushirou (1942.8-)
counter for generations; epoch
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
composition; setting (of music)
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)