weave; weaving; woven item
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
paternal line; father's side of the family
system; institution; organization; organisation
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
feelings; thoughts; meaning
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
to say; to be called; to do
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
journal; magazine; periodical
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
short essay; pamphlet; tract
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
torii; Shinto shrine archway
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
correction; revision; amendment
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
deceased mother; late mother
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental