to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to take away; to carry off
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
literally; to the letter; literal
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
organs of the state; machinery of the state
people; men and women; each person; everybody
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
nothing but; none other than
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
after that; afterwards; thereafter
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
civilized society; civilised society
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
extermination; expulsion; destruction
more than ... years; -odd years