slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
first (of its kind) in Japan
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
steamship; steamboat; steamer
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try