July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
too much; excessively; too
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
infrastructure improvement
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
foreign business; foreign enterprise; foreign corporation
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
on the occasion of; at the time of
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
railroad corporation; railway company
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
convenience; handiness; usefulness
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
transport; transportation