(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
how can (one) do something
favourite horse; favorite horse
demotion; relegation; downgrading
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
administrative district; ward
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to be conspicuous; to stand out
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
official history; authorized history
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
pleasure boat; sightseeing boat; tour boat; excursion boat
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict