to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
teaching of English; English teaching
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
professor; teaching; instruction
government; administration
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
English conversation; school for English conversation
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
one day; (on) a certain day
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
tenth day of the month; ten days
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to run around; to bustle about
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to order; to command; to appoint