ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
have to do; must; should; ought to
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
fixed date; appointed day
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
ritual; religious service; festival
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
naturalization; naturalisation
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
fortune-telling; divination
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
seer; pioneer; leading spirit; enlightened person
more and more; increasingly; all the more
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
setting off (on a trip); departure
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
among these; between these; of these
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
demonstration; show of force
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning