Vocabulary

misappropriation; embezzlement

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

side; flank

horizontal (Western) writing

herd instincts

carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms; cradling; holding under one's arm

side of the face

crosspiece; bar; rail

flowing into the black market

illicit love

Europe and Asia

Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation

European letters; Latin script

European Commission (executive of the EU)

European Community; EC

European countries

European Currency Unit; ECU

European Union; EU

Western countries; European and (North) American countries

European Russia

beating to death; striking dead

imperial influence; assimilation of new territory

emperor's teacher; imperial army

imperial cause; royal cause

royal castle; imperial castle

aqua regia

royal or imperial domain

royal line; royal descendants

king; royalty

royal decree

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale

olive green; greenish brown

common gull (Larus canus)

yellow

yellow tint

chrome yellow

Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)

yellow flower; plant with yellow flowers

yellowish brown

yellow chrysanthemum