tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
stubborn; obstinate; self-willed; headstrong
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
(religious) faith; belief; creed
obedience; submission; resignation
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
amount of material resources
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
demotion; relegation; downgrading
as is habit; the way life normally is