to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
nine parts; nine percent; almost
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
secretary (government); director; chief
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
future (usually near); prospects
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
southern part; the south (of a region)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
robust health; able-bodied
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
same; similar; (just) like; equal
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
wheat sheaf; stacked wheat
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)