national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
too much; excessively; too
(some) more; even more; longer; further
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
long time; long interval; for quite some time
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
review (of learned material); revision
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
time; season; period; phase; stage
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
than; from; out of; except; but; more
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
progress; advance; improvement; development
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
document; official papers
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
interior; inside; internal
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect