gold wheel (highest of the three layered wheels that support the earth above the primordial void); gold wheel-turning sage king
hostility; antagonism; opposition
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
distributing; dealing out; apportionment
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
soon; before long; in the near future
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
condition; situation; prospects
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
transportation rates or expenses
gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence
emperor of Russia (prior to 1917); tsar; czar; tzar
bishop (chess piece); bishop
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
strong nation; powerful country
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to cause trouble (for); to have a harmful effect (on); to involve (someone) in trouble
black rope used to bind criminals; being bound in prison
violent (tragic or accidental) death; dog's death
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
as one had hoped; as one wishes
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me