restoration of imperial rule
the n-th generation head of a family
official announcement; proclamation
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
wintry moon; a winter month
friend; affection (for siblings)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
library; book collection; paperback book
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
blending of the classical and colloquial styles
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets
The Golden Demon (Konjiki Yaksha) (1897 novel by Ozaki Koyo)
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
difference; disparity; gap
Order of Culture; Order of Cultural Merit
reception of a decoration; reception of an order
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)