convenient; handy; useful
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
lawyer; legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
dominant player (e.g. in politics); single strong player
contradiction; inconsistency
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
principle of virtuous government; virtue as the principle of good government
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
the people; citizens; the populace
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
being under the rule of; being under the government of
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
murder; homicide; manslaughter
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym