manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
junior high school student; middle school pupil
senior high school student
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
now; the present time; just now; another; more
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
after that; afterwards; thereafter
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive