to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
accession to the throne; enthronement
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
translation with notes; translator's notes
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
aforementioned (statement); preceding; at right
full dress; formal dress; uniform
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to go straight to the point; to cut it short
eating quickly; speed-eating
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
questionnaire; survey; poll
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
goodwill ambassador; friendship ambassador
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)