bright person; talented student; prodigy
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
diligent; hard-working; industrious
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
contest of strength; trial of strength
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
study; pursuit of knowledge
study of foreign languages; linguistics
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
critic; reviewer; commentator
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
controversialist; polemic; disputant
proletariat; lower classes
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something