wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)
old system; old order; pre-World War II education system; prewar education system
to look down on; to condescend
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
parallel; parallel; parallel skiing
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
role-playing; roleplaying
change; transition; vicissitudes
Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
beriberi; severe thiamine deficiency
Ogata Masanori (1853.12.5-1919.7.30)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
prohibition; inhibition; ban
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school