thereupon; shortly thereafter
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
region; limits; stage; level
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
time; hour; season; time of the year
enactment; establishment; creation
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
patriarch; head of a family
one's family; family member
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
by myself; in person; by oneself
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
(Chinese) poetry and rhymed prose
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to tighten; to press hard