as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
small number; few; minority
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
VIP; very important person
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
election; selection; choice
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
reaching; attaining; arrival
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
ability; capability; skill
reorganization plan; reorganisation plan; restructuring plan
messenger; envoy; emissary
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
our country; our land; one's own country
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming