stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
intelligence; intellect; brains
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
elder sister; effeminate man
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
man; male; masculine gender
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
difference; variation; difference
first time; first; initial
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
episode; anecdote; vignette
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
great emperor; ... the Great
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
hooting; jeering; heckling
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
domestic affairs; internal administration
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
out of character; unlike one
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm