in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to repeat; to be frequent
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to make one's own; to take possession of
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
servant; manservant; menial
great cause; moral law; justice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
successive generations; successive emperors
being upright and cleanhanded
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
first generation; founder
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
to differ; to vary; to disagree
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to hide; to keep to oneself
to pile up; to accumulate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)