(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
every place; various places
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
absorption; suction; attraction
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
vacant house; unoccupied house
to take up one's residence
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital