nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
reigning; controlling; dictating
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
reform; reformation; reorganization
system; institution; organization; organisation
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
constitution; rules; regulation
enactment; establishment; creation
administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
(political) power; authority; influence
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
imperial lands; shogun's demesne
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
school building; schoolhouse
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
main school; principal school; this school; our school
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer