evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
requisition; commandeering; conscription
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to understand; to make out
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
negotiations; discussions; connection
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
mediator; manager; caretaker
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
notes; comment; remark; annotation
annotation; explanatory note; comment
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
essence; true nature; substance; reality
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
prospects of victory; chances of success
dealing with; coping with