certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
repair; renovation; restoration
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
attack; drive; advance; invasion
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
people from one's hometown
new government; new administration
here and there; everywhere
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism)
carrying out (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); taking out
passer-by; traveler; traveller
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
eloquence; oratorical talent
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
general public; the masses
construction; architecture (of buildings)
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation