ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
action of making something; -ification
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
(political) administration; political power
illegal channel; back channel; black market
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
between both countries; bilateral
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
one's way back; one's way home
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
radius of action; sphere of activity
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional