explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
I can't die and leave things this way
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
battlefield; battleground
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
gambling den; gambling house
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
right (to do something); authority; power
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
here and there; in places
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous