poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
student; follower; students and pupils
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
government office; public office
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
writing brush and paper; pen and paper; handwriting
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
recommendation; referral; endorsement
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
good; goodness; right; virtue
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
curtain; hanging; bunting
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection