cultivation; refinement; culture; education
belief; faith; conviction
it is not (like that) either
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
curious; strange; unusual
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
switching over to; migration; transition
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
at that time; in those days
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
ferocious leopard-like beast (Chinese legendary animal); brave warrior