popularization or adaptation of a story for the wider public

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

three countries / Japan, China, and India / Japan, Korea, and China / all the world / Three Kingdoms of ancient China: Wei (魏), Shu (蜀), and Wu (吳)

a place name, such as that of Mount Mikuni in Gifu prefecture / a surname

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(history) Romance of the Three Kingdoms