investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
surroundings; environs; circumference
execution by decapitation, followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
penalty; sentence; punishment
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
exile; banishment; deportation
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
family; relatives; dependents; household
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to