strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
reading matter; reading material
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to be profitable; to yield a profit
just because; even if; even though
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
favourite motto; pet saying
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
time of great change; era of reform
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
to keep a watchful eye on
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
one's possessions; ownership
to blame; to find fault with
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
gold vein; gold-bearing reef
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
abandoned mine; disused mine
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on