Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to start; to begin; to commence
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
thief (particularly in RPG games)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
tank (military vehicle); chariot
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to pierce through; to break through
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
hand used like a sword in striking
one by one; one at a time; in turn
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag