Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
Aphrodite (Greek goddess)
to repeat; to be frequent
eldest sister; oldest sister
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
with a single blow; with one stroke
being off guard; being defenseless
official history; authorized history
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
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
moron; idiot; stupid person
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
end; close; conclusion; termination
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of