isolation; being alone; being friendless
esoteric doctrines; mysteries
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
annotation; explanatory note; comment
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
power of the state; government authority
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
madness; craziness; insanity
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
personal; individual; private
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
action; operation; effect; function
dignity; majesty; sanctity
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)