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food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination

1

Aikou

1

accession to the throne; enthronement

1

one's old bones; aged body

1

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly

2

Shishi

1

main street; avenue

2

one's later years; final years (in life)

1

favor; favour; affection

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

4

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

3

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

4

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

opponent (in combat)

1

first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters

1

strategy; tactics

1

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

military affairs

1

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

1

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

military; strategic

1

to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give

1

persecution; oppression

1

Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

3

invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

1

King Zhaoxiang of Qin (also called King Zhao of Qin) (r. 306-251 BCE); King Zhao of Zhou (r. 995-977 BCE); King Zhao of Chu (r. 516-489 BCE); King Zhao of Yan (r. 312-279 BCE); King Zhao of Wei (r. 296-277 BCE); King Zhao of Tamna

3

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

way (of doing); manner; method

1

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

1

to begin

1

threat; menace

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to spy on

1

party; gang; company; squad

1

plain-clothes soldiers (esp. of the Chinese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War); mufti corps

1