sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to think too much; to be over-concerned
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
every year; yearly; annually
when it becomes; when it comes to
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
successive generations; successive emperors
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
troublesome; pain in the butt
while; even though; despite
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)