to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
home area; home town; local
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
three generations; three periods; third generation
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
system; institution; organization; organisation
various countries; various regions; various provinces
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
pressure; oppression; suppression
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness