root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to be enchanted; to be charmed
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
encyclopedia; Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences (Diderot)
copying (by hand); transcribing
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
Minakata Kumagusu (1867.5.18-1941.12.29)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
loveable; very likeable; like very much
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
dry riverbed; river beach
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
please (give me); please (do for me)
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
the modern era; present day
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
on-the-spot investigation
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
distortion; falsification; perversion
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
Shoukenkoutaigou (1849.5.9-1914.4.11) (empress dowager)
Tsuda Umeko (1864.12.31-1929.8.16)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)