May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
a round; a turn; going around; first anniversary of a person's death
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
beginning (of a century, etc.)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
sanctuary; reserve (for wild animals); nature preserve
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
study group; study meeting
true state; actual condition; reality
student body; student council
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
squared timber; rectangular lumber
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
adherence to the shogunate
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
(political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals