story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
democracy; democratic system of government
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
government official; public servant; civil servant
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
rule; reign; government; governing
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
republican form of government; republicanism
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
one day; (on) a certain day
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots