reference materials; specimen for reference; reference item; specimen
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to that extent; so (much)
place; room; margin; scope
audience; attendance; hearers
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
success; prosperity; boom
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
senior envoy; chief delegate
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
vice-envoy; deputy delegate
first time; first; initial
dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
syllabary; phonetic symbol
gesture; sign; hand signal
an honest man; a good citizen
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)