science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
modern person; people of today
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
beginning; opening; start; outset
author; writer; novelist; artist
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
dose; installment; instalment
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
February; second month of the lunar calendar
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to lead a life; to live a life
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
timewise; temporal; chronal
to publish a book; to put out a book
to pass (of time); to elapse
endless; boundless; everlasting
trouble; bother; annoyance