method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
concession; conciliation; compromise
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
minister; secretary; Shujing; The Book of Documents; Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department); Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)
to get strong; to gain strength
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
circulation; dissemination
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
charming; fascinating; attractive
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out