to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to continue to do; to persist in doing
rather; better; instead; if anything
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
military officer; naval officer
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
Luoyang (China); Kyoto (alternative name)
armed forces; battle troops
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
store; reserve; stock; savings
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
property; fortune; assets
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
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)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend