nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
war; battle; match; game; competition
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
very young; little; childish; immature
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
morning and evening; all the time
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
society; the world; the times
mutation; change; vicissitude
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
creation; Creation (by God)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
prime of life; era of national prosperity
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged