Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
government; administration
professor; teaching; instruction
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
teaching of English; English teaching
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part