wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
head; brains; intellect; understanding
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
characteristic; feature; special quality
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
viceroy; governor-general
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
erudition; extensive learning
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
directions; instructions; orders; command
remainder; the rest; residue
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to name; to call; to christen; to term
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
notary public; notary; public notary
open air; outdoors; outside
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion