face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
art of war; strategy; tactics
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
form; shape; figure; visage
official announcement; proclamation
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
moderates (politics); centrists
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
due form; official; formality
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
preference; priority; precedence
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
accomplishment; execution
from the beginning; from scratch
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find