opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
usually; under usual circumstances
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
at a moment's notice; readily
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
tool; implement; means; furniture
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
even more; still more; further
(political) power; authority; influence
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
to become vulgar; to coarsen
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
each nation; many nations; many countries
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
one's home country; one's homeland
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful