female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to gather; to collect; to assemble
group; bunch; crowd; group
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
ritual; religious service; festival
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
every place; various places
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
office and rank; an official rank
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
successive generations; successive emperors
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
this is why; this means; it is the case that