connection; relation; linkage
bestial; beastly; beast-like; brutal
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
great emperor; ... the Great
modern state; modern nation
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
oppression; suppression; pressure
Decembrist (19th century Russian revolutionary)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
individualism; egoism; selfishness
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
general public; the masses
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
undivided attention; concentration
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong