Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
participation in government
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
archer's left-wrist protector
loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan
restoration of imperial rule
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
to be all out; to exhaust
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
to capture; to seize; to plunder
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
laws and regulations; legislation
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
proceeding to the capital