law-like nature; regularity
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
serious criminal; heinous criminal
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
viewing as a problem; problematizing
celebration of a child's seventh day
to try all possible means
good family; better-class home
sons and daughters; children; girl
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
unbroken; endless; continuous
three generations; three periods; third generation
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
term of office; tenure; incumbency
to leave the government service
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
most (numerous); largest (number of)
freedom; free man; free woman
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to stop talking; to be silent
... years old; age (of) ...