great difference; major mistake
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
than; from; out of; except; but; more
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to turn towards; to point
wounded person; injured person
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
100,000; hundred thousand
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
attendance; presence; appearance
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency