fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
economic reform; fiscal reform
silkworm growing-bed; rack of shelves for rearing silkworms; silkworm shelf; bunk; one of a tier of bunks; cramped bedroom
carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
postal service; post service
currency issued by a feudal clan
to arrange; to manage (to find time)
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill
delivery; dispatch; despatch; service of process
strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
Western ways; Western customs; Western habits
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to enrich; to make wealthy
letter; personal correspondence
bright; shining; clear; evident
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
spinning mill; cotton mill
restoration; revival; resurgence
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities