(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
national crisis; national disaster
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
in the earth; in the ground; underground
to explain; to solve; to make clear
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
admiration; being impressed (by)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
high steward; grand master
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to serve; to work for; to attend
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to gather; to collect; to assemble
various countries; various regions; various provinces
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
nape (of the neck); nucha