peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
long-awaited; much-awaited
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to gather; to collect; to assemble
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
wandering; jobless; unemployed
party; set; gang; company; person
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
adding up; totalling; totaling
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
in the following manner; as follows
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
undefeated; unbeatable; invincible