origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
that is to say; so that means
maintenance; preservation; improvement
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
right (to do something); authority; power
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Tonghak Rebellion (of Korea; 1894)
government; administration
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be surprised; to be astonished
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier