to try and do something; to attempt to do something
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
considerably; fairly; quite
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
war; fighting; fierce competition
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
calamity; disaster; misfortune
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
fortune-telling; divination
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
than; from; out of; except; but; more
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man