Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
passage; path; route; one's way
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
means of transportation; means of transport
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
heavy concentration; overconcentration
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
influenced (by); under an influence
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
long-awaited; much-awaited
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
to mix; to stir; to blend
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole