岩倉使節團

the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)

cliff / rock

variant of 巖|岩[yan2]

variant of 岩[yan2]

variant of 巖|岩[yan2]

Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name

barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship)

to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

(diplomatic) envoy

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

a diplomatic group / a delegation

round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)