sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
sphere; circle; range; category
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to hide; to keep to oneself
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
to mix; to stir; to blend
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to smile a smile of satisfaction
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend