modern state; modern nation
modernization; modernisation
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
100,000; hundred thousand
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to face on; to look out on to
rule; reign; government; governing
refinement; purification; gentle persuasion; winning over; influence
form; shape; figure; visage
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
suppression; prohibition; ban
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
individual; private person; personal; private
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark