jpdb beta

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

5

wars; disturbances

1

Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)

1

Japan and Qing China

1

Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

1

Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

1

Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)

1

Imjin War (1592-1597)

1

the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

4

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

1

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

1

not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

2

bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted

2

spirituality; spiritual nature

1

modernization; modernisation

1

Meiji Restoration

1

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

2

Asian development

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

pleasure; merriment

1

billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports

1

amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall

1

bar; pub; tavern

1

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal

1

hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

1

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

1

luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment

1

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

1

to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

1

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

2

Manchuria and Inner Mongolia

1

national border; provincial border

3

Soviet army

1

non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty

2

conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

1

Japan and Germany; Japanese-German

1

anticommunist (policies or measures)

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

1

military alliance

1

Japan, Germany and Italy

1

triple alliance

1

heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate

1

cabinet (of a government); ministry

3

mass resignation

1

Poland

2