mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
older sister and younger brother
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
not necessarily so; is not always true
older brother and younger sister
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
brothers and sisters; siblings
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
pre-war days; before the war
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
family or person with samurai ancestors
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
armed forces; military; troops
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
officer below the rank of major; company officer
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
commodore; brigadier general
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade