to state; to express; to mention
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
founder of dynasty or sect
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
every year; year after year
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
chief; main; principal; important
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
by means of; due to; because of; according to
misappropriation; embezzlement
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage