seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
message; informative matter
Minister for Foreign Affairs
imperial throne; the Crown
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
death (of an emperor); demise
election; selection; choice
about; on; regarding; per; for every
custom; common practice; habit
analepticum; restorative medicine
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
anarchy; state of anarchy
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
refining; purification; careful manufacture
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
better than nothing; better than none at all
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
different opinion; objection
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period