member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
treasured book; secret book; pornographic book
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to make one's rounds; to patrol
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
agricultural administration
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
Ninomiya Sontoku (1787-1856)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
diligent student; studious person
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
very; much; greatly; a lot of
the pot calling the kettle black; (lit.) the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool