Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22)
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)
terraced fields; terraced farm
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
to lose one's footing; to slip
westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
true to one's name; living up to one's name
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
powerful family; powerful clan
(full) name; family name and given name
Spain; Spanish (language)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
mixed race; mixed parentage
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)