circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to have an idea; to have a clue
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
student (esp. a university student)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
Shiba Ryoutarou (1923.8.7-1996.2.12)
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
loveable; very likeable; like very much
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
feeling; sense; impression
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
debut work; one's first work
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing