import; importation; introduction; afferent
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
chamberlain; castle keeper
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
to rule; to govern; to administer
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to unfold; to unroll; to open
this country; our country
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
center; centre; metropolis
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)