germination; sprouting; budding
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting
to enter into diplomatic relations
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
longing; great desire; aspiration
The Tempest (play by Shakespeare, sonata by Beethoven)
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
body; body blow (in boxing)
composition; constitution
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
compensating; making up for; supplementation
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
proud; having a prominent nose
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
extensive knowledge; erudition
to claim victims; to leave casualties
origin; source; beginning; starting point