government office; public office
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
government; administration; statesmanship
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
thousands; several thousand
Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
Tanuma period (1767-1786 CE)
natural calamity; striking phenomena in heaven and earth
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly