coherence; order; focus; point
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
postponement; deferment; adjournment
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to walk away; to saunter off
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
number of persons; personnel
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
iron and stone; iron will
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
surname; family name; last name
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
religious abstinence; purification
settlement; payment of account
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
to be exhausted; to be tired out
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to happen to have on hand or in stock
alternately; in succession
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it