Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
reopening; resumption; restarting
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
descendant; posterity; offspring
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
marital relationship; marital relations
child; offspring; issue; sperm; (one's) seed
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
to accept (a thing) with thanks
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
the ocean; the great deep
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
governor-general; governor; viceroy
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
system; institution; organization; organisation
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
not caring; not giving a damn
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot