Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
place; situation; position; location
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
that; the matter in question
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
rising diagonally up and to the right; growing; expanding; soaring
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to bring; to take; to bring about
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship