Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
shoji (paper sliding door)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
meeting; greeting; welcome
directions; instructions; orders; command
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
greeting; a fine thing to say
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
armaments; military preparations
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together