period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
government service; the bureaucracy
office and rank; an official rank
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
how long; how much; to what extent
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
suppression; repression; subjugation
dense forest; thick forest; (arch.) May; (arch.) fifth month of the lunar calendar
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to face on; to look out on to
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize