Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
policy of conquering Korea by military force
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)
Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
secretary; councillor; councilor
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
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
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
(another person's) younger sister
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
pardon; remission; amnesty
toddling; taking tottering steps
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
steamship; steamboat; steamer
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
fair; exhibition; exposition
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
etiquette; courtesy; manners
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp