exhibition sponsored by the government
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to compete with; to vie for
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
coronation ceremony; enthronement
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
interval between the waves; gap between waves
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
imperial court; royal court
one's own work; making by oneself
posterity; future life; life to come
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
application; request; petition
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to some extent; to a certain extent
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
somehow; for some reason or other
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for