festival; feast; carnival
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
all eyes; public attention
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
(period of) a year; during an era
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
ratio; proportion; percentage
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
monetary system; currency system
establishment; settlement
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
switching over to; migration; transition
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
beyond that point; after that
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
dominion; territory; possession
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
peace conference; peace negotiations
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
successively; one after another
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do