questionable; doubtful; suspicious
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
January; first month of the lunar calendar
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
leading figure; prominent figure; big name; star actor (of a troupe)
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
reign; being on the throne
year of a person's death; one's age at death
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
one large ...; a great ...
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy
medium amount of wealth; middling property; owner of medium wealth
(social) class; rank; grade
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
literary world; literary circles
rostrum; the world of criticism