jpdb beta

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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early (days); initial stage; initial

2

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)

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educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)

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Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

2

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

3

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

(period of) a year; during an era

1

enterprising man; businessman; industrialist

1

Asano

1

vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

1

Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

2

(navigable) canal; waterway

7

commerce; trade

1

trade (foreign)

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

eastern coast; east bank

1

100,000,000; one hundred million

1

exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed

3

fertile rice paddy

1

canal; waterway; ditch

1

advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

2

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

interest; rights; concession

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

4

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

3

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum

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imperial capital

2

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

3

stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

3

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

4

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

1

decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

1

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

5

big problem

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sometimes

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opposition movement

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excuse; pretext

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besides; moreover; in addition

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(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty

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