mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
(another's) daughter; young lady
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
price; cost; value; worth; value
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
government; administration; ministry
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
in accordance with; according to
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
restoration of imperial rule
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
country; territory; domain; realm
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
system; institution; organization; organisation
accumulation; accumulate; store
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)