Meiji Restoration

stagnant: not advancing or developing

hasten: to move or act quickly

demise: a cessation of existence or activity

acquiesce: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively

tacit: expressed or carried on without words or speech

tariff: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods

patriarchy: social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line

scrap: to abandon or get rid of as no longer of enough worth or effectiveness to retain

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