important; momentous; essential; principal; major
letterpress printing; moveable type printing
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
to publish a book; to put out a book
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to begin shooting; to shoot out
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
to have a smattering knowledge of
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)