various countries; various regions; various provinces
great writer; major writer
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
the West; the Occident; Western countries
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
both hands; both arms; ten
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
universal validity; fitting into any situation
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
directly; in person; firsthand
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; (lit.) (giving) a metal rod to an ogre
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
little theater; small theater
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant