jpdb beta

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

2

almost; roughly; approximately

4

opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

1

unequal treaty

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

1

three years

16

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

7

Matthew C. Perry

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

famous; fame

5

and then; after that

20

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot

1

15; fifteen

8

years later

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

government; administration

3

modern state; modern nation

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

3

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

3

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

2

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

2

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

3

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

2

military force; military strength

2

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

2

historic; historical; traditional

1

success; hit

10

failure; mistake; blunder

5

writer; author

1

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

3

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

ethnic; racial; national

4

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

3

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

6

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

15

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

1

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

2