occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
needless to say; obviously; of course
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
cooperation; collaboration
for the present; for the time being
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to lie deep in; to extend far back
in one's own way or style
to be started; to get underway
feelings; thoughts; meaning
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)