plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
succession struggle; succession race
communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
together; at the same time; same; identical
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
thousands; several thousand
even though; despite; when
to collect; to assemble; to gather
national border; provincial border
to hurt; to smart; to sting
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
drama; play; powerful drug
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
to face on; to look out on to
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially