ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
rotation; revolution; convolution
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
slow; gradual; steady; calm; composed; relaxed
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
league; federation; union
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(United States of) America; USA; US
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
one's later years; final years (in life)
authorized (by imperial or royal order); authorised; appointed; enacted; established
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
president (of a society); chairman
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
the United Kingdom and the United States; Britain and America; Anglo-American
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
magic; sorcery; incantation
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
kampō; traditional (herbal) medicine based on ancient Chinese medicine