international; diplomatic intercourse
groundless rumor; groundless rumour
individual; private person; personal; private
everywhere; all over; throughout
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
human intellect; knowledge
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to collect; to solicit; to seek; to look for evidence; to check; to summon
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
this (very thing); this precisely
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
mechanism; organization; organisation
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
to well up; to burst; to arise
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly