anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
woollen fabric; woollen cloth
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
not necessarily so; is not always true
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
literary history; history of literature
to be remembered; to go down in history
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
collection of short stories; collected short stories
this (very thing); this precisely
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
in the mountains; among the mountains
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered
to be the ruin of (a person)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area