to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
toxin; poisonous substance
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
society; the world; the times
Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
nothing but; none other than
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to spread; to be propagated
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to shirk one's responsibility
double suicide; lovers' suicide
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
of course; certainly; naturally
distrust of (other) human beings