followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
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
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
trade; buying and selling
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
home area; home town; local
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
rule; reign; government; governing
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
five most important temples of a region
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
prompt answer; direct personal answer
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation