looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
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)
assistant professor; associate professor
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
at that time; in those days
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
table of contents; contents
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
great war; great battle; world war
base (military, expedition, etc.)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
like this; this sort; this way
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
personal god (i.e. a god who has human form, emotions, etc.)
shrine crest; shrine emblem
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)