edge; relative; relations; border
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
southern part; the south (of a region)
town; city; municipal; urban
to gather; to collect; to assemble
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
commerce; trade; business
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
northern part; the north (of a region)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
marshy grassland; wetlands
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
main cause; primary factor
very; much; greatly; a lot of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
internal (domestic) affairs
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
birth; creation; formation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were