to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
posterity; future life; life to come
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
government; administration
(political) administration; political power
intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted
opinion; point of view; visual point
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
supreme; sublime; highest
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; (lit.) taking Gansu only to want Sichuan
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
quotation; citation; reference
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to be excited; to be elated
common people; ordinary people; masses
ringing; throbbing violently
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
until now; so far; up to the present