beginning; outset; first; onset
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
political measures; policy
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
freighter (aircraft); cargo plane
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hastily made; improvised preparation
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be in danger of; to be liable to
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
entrant (into a country); immigrant
in that way; thus; so; so?
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience