our country; our land; one's own country
wages; pay; rental payment
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
dispute; argument; contention
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
disturbance; riot; mayhem
reform; reformation; reorganization
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
accession to the throne; enthronement
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
majority group (party, faction)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
now that; since; as long as; provided that
alternation of generations; heterogenesis; change of generations; emergence of a new generation
custom; practice; convention; precedent
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
based on; on the basis of
review; reconsideration; revision
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country