presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
display of dolls during Hinamatsuri; Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
women's college; women's university
graduate; alumnus; alumna
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
(large) building; public building; hall
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
onset of an illness; falling ill
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
doctor of Chinese (herbal) medicine
separation of ages; being of a different age
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
dozens; scores of; decades
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
counter for books; volume
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
actor; actress; player; performer
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention