two legs; two feet; two pairs
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
price; cost; value; worth; value
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
government worker; public servant; civil servant
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
(social) position; status
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
war; fighting; fierce competition
to take someone's life; to kill someone
Ogata Masanori (1853.12.5-1919.7.30)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
military physician or surgeon
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample