publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
distribution; circulation
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; amber; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)
originating (something); coming up with the idea; starting (something); spiritual awakening; resolution
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
unity of church and state; theocracy
Grand Council of State (1868-1885); Department of State (under the ritsuryō system)
generation; lifetime; age
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
ancestor worshipped as a deity
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
financial difficulty; distress
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to be a sign of; to be an omen for
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
not a little; not a few; considerable
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
as a test; by way of trial; as an experiment; by way of experiment; tentatively