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reform; reformation; reorganization

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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knowledge; information

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to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

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innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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three years

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after

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armaments; military preparations

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

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shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

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construction; establishment

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first; new

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Fire Dragon (53rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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district governor (Ritsuryo period)

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a foundry; a mint

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gun; cannon; artillery

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mass production

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coast; beach

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defense; defence; defensive preparations

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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reverberatory furnace

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to attempt; to test; to try out

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latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

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science and technology; scientific technique

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medical science; medicine

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research establishment; research institute; laboratory

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south

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garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

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manufactured goods; finished goods; product

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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favorite; favourite; habitually used

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

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to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

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modernization; modernisation

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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originally; by nature; from the start

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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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suffix for familiar person

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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