Vocabulary

rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety

good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need

loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight

goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists

unanimity

avant-garde art

Everyone is safe (all right)

shallow learning and limited information; being ignorant and badly informed

(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post

full-time househusband; stay-at-home dad

context (of a passage)

one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back

being already (well) aware

daimyo in the Warring States period

turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period

remedial measure; settlement (of matters); dealing with the aftermath

remedial measure; measure to settle matters satisfactorily

self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past

permanence; immortality; eternity

self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

well done!; great!; bravo!

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete

an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging

overstepping one's powers (competence, authority); abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires

sultry novel; suggestive story

single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul

unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded (discovered, invented) by anyone before

putting up a good fight against some odds

an endless variety of forms; multifariousness

prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority)

precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings

a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one

propaganda work; propaganda efforts (maneuvers)

propaganda campaign (offensive); advertising (promotional) offensive

(adopting) a publicity (an advertising) policy; a propaganda line

promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects

having a very promising future; offering promising prospects