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Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)

2

beef-hotpot restaurant

1

Shimeta

1

audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)

1

international exposition; world expo; world fair

1

transition to domestic production; import substitution

1

narrow insight; narrow view; my humble opinion

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow)

1

prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

international laws

2

Nihonmatsu

1

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

displeasure; offense; offence; disliking

1

physics and chemistry

1

prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)

1

Boy's Day celebration (May 5)

1

petition; memorial

1

abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)

1

hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

1

taking dictation; note-taking

1

Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

1

small stipend

1

Western civilization; Western civilisation

1

Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)

1

knowledge applied to evil purposes

2

dormitory dean

1

Yasuke

1

to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

4

Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

1

ambassador plenipotentiary

1

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

1

the various countries of Europe and America; the West

1

place of study; school

2

subjugation; conquest

1

disturbance; kerfuffle

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

Saku

2

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

2

hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible

1

national expenditure; government spending; public funds

1

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

1

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

1

playhouse; theatre; theater

1

to be given up; to be discontinued

1

Ardisia crenata; coralberry

2

participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

1

war damage

1