extract; excerpt; selection
quotation; citation; reference
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to refuse; to decline; to deny
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
disclosure; exposure; revelation
correction; revision; amendment
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
proponent; exponent; advocate
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
timewasting; killing time
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
different newspaper (esp. by a different publisher); another newspaper
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
commandant; commanding officer; general
cabinet (of a government); ministry
head; chief; boss; leader
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to rise; to swell; to be promoted