prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
new government; new administration
centralization of power; centralisation of power
action of making something; -ification
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
establishment; settlement
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
manners and customs; folkways; usage
cultural assets; cultural property
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
blow; shock; strike; batting
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
district; section; sector
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be erected; to be built
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes