attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
at that time; in those days
just one person; only one
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to