country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
people; men and women; each person; everybody
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in name only; titular; nominal
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
heavy-handed; iron-fisted; authoritarian
the government; Administration
dictatorship; despotic government
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
oppression; suppression; pressure
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
future (usually near); prospects
good prospects; full of hope; promising
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
samurai; warrior; military family
sons and daughters; children; girl
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually