vengeance; revenge; retaliation
(the crime of) high treason
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to manage a state; to govern a country
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
northwestern part; the northwest
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
treatment (of a person); dealing with
circulation; dissemination
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
(period of) a year; during an era
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
future years; in (one's) later years
to affect; to impact; to influence
both armies; both teams; both sides
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
officers and soldiers; soldiers