violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
influential person; man of importance
educational capability; education skills; educational power
to become settled; to be fixed
interference; meddling; butting in
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; build
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
fortress; stronghold; citadel
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
the ancients; ancient people
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
ring; band; ring; circum-
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to take command; to give direction
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)