landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
again; once more; a second time
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
common people; ordinary people; masses
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
location of a press conference; press conference room
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
occasional; infrequent; rare
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to watch over; to watch attentively
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate