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the best; ideal

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

2

politics; government

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

1

probe each other; sound each other out

2

give-and-take

1

mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures

3

to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

extreme; radical

1

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

steadily

1

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

2

to be manageable; to be able to handle

1

believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

European countries; European nations

1

colonial policy

1

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)

1

Christianity

2

missionary

2

people; populace; masses

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

1

to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify

1

colonization; colonisation

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

to spread; to be propagated

1

both elbows

1

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

2

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1

sad; wretched; deplorable

1

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

1

monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

2

bright; intelligent

1

lecture

1

suspicious-looking; fishy

1

inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group

1

to show in; to usher in

2

premature

1

to laugh scornfully

4

opinion; point of view

1

inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

3

important person

2

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

miscellaneous thoughts (on); miscellaneous impressions

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

1