jpdb beta

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

3

admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

1

practical use; utility

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

woodcut; woodblock print; art print

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

1

future years; in (one's) later years

1

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

1

around the world; throughout the world

1

that well-known ...

1

Goch; Gogh

1

even

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

3

East Indies; East India

1

(naval) fleet; armada

2

Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C

1

Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

3

bay; gulf; inlet

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

to run about; to rush about

2

modern

1

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

1

inlet; seashore; beach

1

congratulation; celebration

1

surely; certainly

2

people; populace; masses

1

samurai; warrior; military family

1

empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank

1

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

1

salute of guns

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion

1

weak attitude

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

1

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

2

worn-out rice land

1

snell (fishing); leader; trace; cast

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

3

plan; policy

2

incendiary bomb; firebomb

2