brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
(Japanese) empress; queen
federation; federal state; United States of America
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
water shortage; shortage of water supply
choosing between two things; two choices
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
the same grade; same class
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for