thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
prime minister (in ancient China)
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to escape from; to get out
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do