celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
all over Japan; throughout Japan
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
absorption; suction; attraction
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
private affairs; personal matter
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
serious; severe; grave; acute
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
abolition of the han system