manly; masculine; like a man
concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament
two persons; two people; pair; couple
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
again; once more; a second time
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
Emperor Youmei; Youmei Tenno (?-587 CE, reigning: 585-587 CE)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
drama; play; Chinese opera
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
fee; charge; rate; material
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
wind and string instruments; music
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to appear; to reveal; to show
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
writing; composition; essay; sentence
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how