question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
powerful family; powerful clan
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
death penalty; capital punishment
first offence; first offense; first offender
property; fortune; assets
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
while; during; while; although; all; both
leadership; initiative; spearhead
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
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
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of