dawn; daybreak; beginning
professor; teaching; instruction
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
killing time; staving off boredom
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
superstition; superstitious belief
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
comparatively; relatively
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
difference; disparity; gap
solitude; loneliness; isolation
systematic; organized; organizational
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
trackless; reckless; dissipated
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to force open; to push open