same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
posterity; future life; life to come
main; principal; chief; primary; major
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
imagination; supposition; guess
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
in comparison to; rather than
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to accept; to receive; to agree
ten; 10; ten years of age
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
occasional; infrequent; rare
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
considerably; fairly; quite