ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
essence; true nature; substance; reality
self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
soldier; combatant; warrior
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
creation; founding; initiating
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
Comintern; Communist International; Third International
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
overseas student; exchange student
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
dictatorship of the proletariat
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
on bad terms; at loggerheads
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination