product; produce; result; fruit
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
precondition; prerequisite
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
mobilization; mobilisation
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
form of government; system of government; polity
imperial decree; imperial edict
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
granted that; even if; even though
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
national polity; National Athletic Meet
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning