critic; reviewer; commentator
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
Mori Rintarou (pseudonym of Mori Ougai)
tide watching (esp. in the Naruto Strait); watching the tide
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
in accordance with; according to
moving; changing residence; change of address
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
colloquial style; written style based on spoken language
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
military personnel; soldier
history and biography; historical material
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
to remain married for life
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)