education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
offense and defense; offence and defence
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to get help; to enlist aid
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
leadership competition; power struggle
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
dental caries; tooth decay
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct