inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
history of; experience of
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
austerity; voluntary privation
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
cannot be compared with; no match for
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly