Vocabulary

love or affection for one's parents

parent plant; mother plant; parent stock

outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)

degree of intimacy

rites conducted by the emperor

(another's) parents

surpassing one's parents

parentless; orphaned

parentless child; orphan

matter personally decided by the emperor

(one's own) handwriting (esp. someone of high rank or status)

degree of kinship

signature of an emperor or noble

telegram sent by an emperor or head of state

Oyashio Current; Kurile Current; Okhotsk Current

legal guardian

personal inspection

a personal guard or bodyguard

bodyguards; elite guards; imperial guards

visit by an emperor or noble

associating with relatives; keeping in touch with relatives

written record of one's relatives

gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless

eternally; forever

loyalty

giving one's all to

fresh meat

fresh blood

sharp; clear

bryology

bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

maximum

highest grade; finest quality; top class

last place; lowest position; lowest rank

wafer cake filled with bean jam

ultra-left; ultra-left extremists

largest number; plurality

minimum thermometer

the farthest ends; the furthest ends

highest institute of education