someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
the whole world; the seven seas
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
pretension; assumption (of a title)
founder; progenitor; emperor
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to be erected; to be built
right (to do something); authority; power
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
erudition; extensive learning
great Confucian (scholar); great scholar; person of great erudition
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
administration; government; conduct of state affairs
strategy; military tactics
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
right and wrong; loyalty and treason; obedience and disobedience
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede