blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period
personal grudge; personal enmity
Ichinen Yūhan (book by Nakae Chōmin)
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
to crush; to squash; to overpower; to beat; to crush
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to become frayed; to become loose
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
unification of the whole country
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
should do; ought to do; must do
holding one's ground; defending local authority
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
to need; to require; to take; to demand
work; business; company; study
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
in this way; along these lines; similarly
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
truly; really; genuinely; indeed
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink