notes; comment; remark; annotation
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
at a stroke; with a single swoop
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
administrative organization
performance of one's official duties
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
consists of; comprises; is made up of
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
establishment; settlement
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618, r. 604-618); second emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Rien; Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu of China's Tang Dynasty)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
social; societal; societary
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to concern; to be related
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing