relation; connection; affinity
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
to annoy; to cause trouble
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
hostilities; beginning of hostilities
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
great stature; large build
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
national character; regional character
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to get tired out; to be exhausted
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
hillside farm; fallow ground
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire