guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
letting (someone) die without helping
farm tariff; rice field tax
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
starvation; famine; hunger
practical question (problem); practical matter
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
February; second month of the lunar calendar
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
restoration; repair; mending
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
determined; strong-willed
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
on the occasion of; at the time of
will; testament; last request
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
3000; three thousand; many
requisition; commandeering; conscription
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
this land; our country; Imperial Court
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance