number of persons; personnel
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
isolation; being alone; being friendless
rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
reigning; controlling; dictating
people; citizens; subjects; folk
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
strong nation; powerful country
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
good feeling; feeling good
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
deviation; departure; omission
field; plain; prairie; moor
to run around; to bustle about
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery