the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
that's true; of course; obviously
health maintenance; health preservation
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
mysterious power of words to alter reality
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE)
information transfer; information transmission
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
early on; earlier on; from early
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
main purpose; primary objective
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
along; parallel to; in accordance with
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)