complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
long face; looking dejected
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
prevention; protection (against); precaution
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
(United States of) America; USA
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
with no effort at all; easily
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
(smiling) goofily; with a loose, slack grin
passing through without stopping; passing by
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
experiment; experimentation
silence; stillness; quietness
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
(licensed) red light district
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
correspondence; being in accordance with; anaphora
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
Imperial cortege (procession)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
secret; private; surreptitious
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch