tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
rival; competitor; competition
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
I see; that's right; indeed
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
as (for); for; in the capacity of
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you