other; another; over; more than; I; me
per person; per capita; per head
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
thrift; economy; frugality
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
all over Japan; throughout Japan
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)
medical science; medicine
plants and animals; flora and fauna
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
Mitsukuri Genpo (1799.10.5-1863.8.1)
Takano Chouei (1804-1850)
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
condition; situation; prospects
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
dominion; territory; possession
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
young lord; successor of one's current lord
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language