Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Tanaka Fujimaro (author) (1845-1905)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
10th day of the month; ten days
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant
attendant; valet; servant; follower
overseas student; exchange student
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to order; to command; to appoint
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
government; administration; ministry
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
observation; survey; watching
intention; personal opinion
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
study of classical Japanese literature and culture; provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors); school (of a provincial capital during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables