specially-appointed professor
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
(written) work; book; writings
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
foreign; abroad; overseas
(United States of) America; USA; US
international; diplomatic intercourse
book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
patriarch; head of a family
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
if so; in that case; in that situation
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)