Ministry of State (Zhou-dynasty China)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
near oneself; close to one; familiar
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
rebel; traitor; insurgent
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
discovery; detection; finding
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
arrest; apprehension; capture
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
detention; custody; confinement; internment
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
last night; yesterday evening
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit