drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
prompt; immediate; in real time
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
magistrate; shogunate administrator
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
member of shogun's council of elders
spare time; free time; leisure time
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
important matter (for discussion (deliberations))
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
Joseon Dynasty (of Korea; 1392-1910); Yi Dynasty
Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
reopening; resumption; restarting
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
servile submission; subservience
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to