commencing with; including
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
plural; multiple; several
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
few decades; many decades; several decades
yoke; constraints; oppression
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
constitution; rules; regulation
enactment; establishment; creation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
product; produce; result; fruit
not a little; not a few; considerable
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
modern state; modern nation
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
in case of; at that time; at this time
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
spread; span; expanse; extent
millions; several million; a few million
angiosperm; flowering plants