at that time; in those days
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
theological school; seminary
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
school; school building; schoolhouse
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
ago; since; before; previous
pre-war days; before the war
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
although I say; although one might say; although called
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
early (days); initial stage; initial