to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
(period of) a year; during an era
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
practice; practising; training; study
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
after that; afterwards; thereafter
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
common people; ordinary people; masses
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
though; notwithstanding; although
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
our country; our land; one's own country
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
at that time; in those days
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
sea of people; (very large) crowd of people
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
belief; faith; conviction