inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to lure someone; to entice someone
scattered animal feed; ground bait
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
strong nation; powerful country
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
military force; military strength
connection; link; relationship
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
country; territory; domain; realm
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
those (near the second person)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
interior; inside; internal
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
many; much; plenty; hardly
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe