ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
surgery; surgical procedure
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
as if it were about oneself
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
magistrate's office (Edo period); territory under a magistrate's jurisdiction
rule; reign; government; governing
secret knowledge; interior of a temple
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
group; bunch; crowd; group
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
government; administration; ministry
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
movie; film; motion picture
par; equivalence; face value; parity
the good old days; halcyon days
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
skill involving the hands; craft
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth