conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
military service; conscription
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
already; now; no longer; not any more
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
our country; our land; one's own country
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
major powers of the world; great powers
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
armaments; military preparations
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
exemplar; model; example; pattern
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
government; administration
Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
conscription; draft system