kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
plants and animals; flora and fauna
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
pioneer; settler; colonist
educator; teacher; educationalist
sincere; earnest; serious
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
medical world; medical circles; medical community
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
stranger; person from abroad
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
highest institute of education
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
(former) imperial university
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
medical science; medicine
vocational school; technical school
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
private clinician; physician in private practice
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
amount of money; sum of money
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast