to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
practical ethics (morality)
the shogunate (administration)
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse; Taoism
bright person; talented student; prodigy
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
system of Japanese provinces under the ritsuryo system; ancient provinces of Japan
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
disturbance; riot; mayhem
Chousokabe clan (samurai clan which controlled Tosa Province, now Kochi Prefecture)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
Sakamoto Ryouma (1836.1.3-1867.12.10)
Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
important person; strategic person; key figure
place of scenic beauty; scenic spot; beauty spot
making a prefecture a travel destination; tourism-promoting prefecture
entering a state of intense concentration; death (of a high monk, etc.)
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)