golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to paint (draw) a picture
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
all times and places; all ages and countries
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
strong interaction; strong force
weak force; weak interaction
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
one's own handwriting; autograph
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)