preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
few decades; many decades; several decades
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
county and prefecture system
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
early on; earlier on; from early
destruction; collapse; crumbling
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States
setting sail; departure (from a port)
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
Java (Indonesian island); Java coffee
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
export; exportation; efferent
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
inconvertible paper money; fiat money
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items