establishment; founding; organization; organisation
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
firm; strong; solid; stable
family or person with samurai ancestors
sole prerogative; exclusive prerogative
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
together; mutually; fellow
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
enactment; establishment; creation
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
than; from; out of; except; but; more
Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
military affairs; military service
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on