anchoring; dropping anchor; casting anchor
if you like; if you prefer; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; what's more; furthermore
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
proposal; offer; request; application
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to distribute; to hand out
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
arrogant; haughty; insolent
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
800,000; eight hundred thousand
per person; per capita; per head
thrift; economy; frugality
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
coralberry (Ardisia crenata)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)
Mitsukuri Genpo (1799.10.5-1863.8.1)
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)