novel; original; new; innovative
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
type of popular literature from the late Edo period
modern state; modern nation
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
armaments; military preparations
(earning or paying) no interest
annual installment; annual instalment
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
smelting furnace; blast furnace
factory; manufactory; works; mill
factory; plant; mill; workshop
Mouri Takachika (1819-1871)
Murata Seifuu (1783.5.26-1855.7.9)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
breath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation