misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
study; research; investigation
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
materials; data; document
leading person; foremost figure
not necessarily so; is not always true
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
treasure house; storage for valuable property
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
armed forces; military; troops
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
classification; categorization; sorting
in that manner; like that
later on; eventually; afterwards
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
supply; supplying; replenishment