still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
historic; historical; traditional
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
(United States of) America; USA; US
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
government; administration
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
control; management (e.g. of a business)
smuggling; contraband trade
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
short and stout; small but wide around
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
blur; blurred; indistinct