(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
direct control; direct supervision
another; different; separate; discrete
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
maritime; marine transportation
right (to do something); authority; power
shipping industry; marine transport
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
you (plural); all of you; you all
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to close (one's eyes); to shut
harbor construction; harbour construction
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
Iwasaki Yanosuke (1851.2.8-1908.3.25)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to take command; to give direction