confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to be all out; to exhaust
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
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
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
sales; selling; marketing
curious; strange; unusual
difficult to ...; hard to ...
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)
wooden water pipe; wooden flume
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
source of river; fountainhead
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to go along; to walk along; to follow
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
domestic wastewater; household effluent