Japanese translation note

In this encyclopedia, following terms are translated in such a way seen below.

(in no particular order)

• 幕藩体制 - shogunate and domain system[?]
• 老中 -　senior councilors[?]
• 若年寄　- junior councilors[?]
• 町奉行　- commissioners of major cities[?]
• 勘定奉行　- commissioners of finance[?]
• 大目付 - inspectors general[?]
• 浮世絵　- ukiyoe wood block printing[?]
• 俳句　- haiku poems
• 読み書きそろばん - the three R's[?]
• 鎖国政策 -　seclusion policy[?] (isolation policy[?])
• 国もと - province
• 人質　- hostage
• 譜代 -　family's vassals[?]
• 外様 - outside daimyo[?]
• 親藩 -　the Tokugawa family[?]
• 士農工商 - warriors/farmers/artisans/tradesmen[?]
• 石高 - Rice crop[?]
• 関が原の戦い -　the battle of Sekigahara[?]
• 明治維新 - the Meiji Restoration
• 贈り名　- posthumous name
• 文化勲章　- a Cultural Medal[?]
• 国務大臣　- the Ministers of State[?]
• 政令 - order
• 華族　- the nobility
• 八幡製鉄所　- Yawata Steel Works[?]
• 関東大震災 - Great Kanto Earthquake[?]
• 治安維持法　- Peace Preservation Law
• 満州事変　- Manchurian Incident
• 摂政　- regency (摂政 Regent)
• 藤原氏　- Fuiwara clan[?]
• 雛人形　- hina dolls[?]
• 浄土宗　- the Pure Land sect[?]
• 郡 district