indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
pending question; unresolved problem
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
medical science; medicine
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing