monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
retiring from military service
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to put on airs; to assume importance
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
educational system; school system
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
changing completely; transformation
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
rising; ascending; climbing
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
(period of) a year; during an era
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
Japan; the (Japanese) empire