next; following; subsequent; stage; station
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
house; dwelling; human habitation
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
great numbers; numerical superiority
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
sampling food; tasting; trying
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
the place for; the time for; the level of
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)
congratulation; celebration
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
form; shape; figure; visage
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by