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made of iron

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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

1

promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry

1

enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

major powers of the world; great powers

1

Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

1

house; hall; building

2

aggregation

2

position; location; base; point; site

1

one large ...; a great ...

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

modernization; modernisation

1

Japan

2

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

hermit; wizard; wizardry

1

secondary residence; vacation home; villa

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

1

love

2

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

hereabouts; around here

1

this evening; tonight

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

1

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

2

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

the end

1

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

1

everybody

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

3

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

reward; prize

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

Shingo

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