insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
idol group; boy band; girl group
members; member; constituent
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
fort; stronghold; fortification
great commander; famous commander
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
extermination; annihilation
profiting while others fight
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
Kangxi Emperor (Qing Dynasty)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to