various countries; various regions; various provinces
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
strong person; the strong; the powerful
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
incident; affair; happening; event
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
world history; international history
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
call; summons; convening; convocation
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
host country (e.g. for a meeting); chair country
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
non-permanent member (UN Security Council)
Côte d'Ivoire; Ivory Coast
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
permanent member of the UN Security Council