society; public; community; social studies
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
really; truly; indeed; good grief
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
goodness; excellence; virtue
ordinary citizen; the general public
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
that is to say; so that means
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
creation of heaven and earth
of course; certainly; naturally
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
such ... as; or some such
Imperial standard; (fig.) worthy cause
majority group (party, faction)
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
war; fighting; fierce competition