to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
loveable; very likeable; like very much
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
modernization; modernisation
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
one large ...; a great ...
position; location; base; point; site
when it becomes; when it comes to
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
major powers of the world; great powers
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
casting; founding; minting
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
handicraft; industrial art object
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
colouring; coloring; colorant
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red