one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
innumerable; countless; numberless
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
Europe and America; the West
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
agricultural community; farm village; rural
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
Eastern philosophy; Asian philosophy
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
family name; lineage; birth; clan
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)