appeal; call for something; request; axiom
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
note; memorandum; holding oneself back
employer's house; master's house
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
few decades; many decades; several decades
internal conditions; true state of affairs
in that way; like that; that way
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
particularly; only; in the case of
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)