name; given name; first name
source (e.g. quotation); authority
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
description of regional climate, culture, etc.
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
imperial decree; imperial edict
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
department (faculty) of literature
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
change in appearance; transformation
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
every month; monthly; month by month