technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
many; much; plenty; hardly
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
traditional Chinese clothing
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
outward appearance; looks
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
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
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
descendant; progeny; offspring
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
ultimate; final; last; eventual
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)