depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
several times (as large, over)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
Europe and America; the West
major powers of the world; great powers
interference; intervention; meddling
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to hold fast; to protect to the end
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
constitution; rules; regulation
enactment; establishment; creation
democratic nation; democratic country
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
administrative organization
hereditary system; hereditary succession
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
(political) administration; political power
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign