time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
by means of; due to; because of; according to
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
people; men and women; each person; everybody
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
society; the world; the times
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
new government; new administration
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender