world history; international history
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
free translation; liberal translation
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
timewise; temporal; chronal
modern Japanese; current written style
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
idiomatic expression; idiom; fixed expression
to begin; to set about; to start
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
a little bit; a little while
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
Constantinus (Constantine)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
the guilty are audacious; show remorse when you are in the wrong
the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
rhyming game; play on words; pun
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
Marx; Marks; Marcks; Marcus; Markus
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving