Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
constitution; rules; regulation
enactment; establishment; creation
democratic nation; democratic country
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
administrative organization
hereditary system; hereditary succession
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
(political) administration; political power
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
rival; competitor; competition
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
(national) capital (city); metropolis
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
main school; principal school; this school; our school
ban; prohibition; taboo; law; ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde