to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
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.)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
armed forces; military; troops
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
commander; general; leader
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic