old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
birth; creation; formation
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
in the same manner as before; the same as always
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
this is why; this means; it is the case that
sun; saint; San (people); son
Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle
history of; experience of
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
military of the Empire of Japan
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)