long (time); protracted; prolonged
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
obeying meekly; faithfully following (one's master)
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
difficult problem; challenge
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
tide; current; tendency; trend
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to come to an end; to rest
to come to an end; to rest
Water Ox (50th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)
Wood Tiger (51st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
sovereign power; the reins of government
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
restoration; revival; resurgence
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet