Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
Water Dog (59th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1922, 1982, 2042)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
each nation; many nations; many countries
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
natural virtue; personal virtue
because of; owing to; due to
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to comfort; to console; to amuse
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
maritime; marine transportation
important point; strategic position; key point
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
war; fighting; fierce competition
military force; military strength
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to come to an end; to close the curtain
one by one; one after another; successively
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
destruction; disruption; (application) crash