meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
people; men and women; each person; everybody
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
right (to do something); authority; power
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
final; eventual; ultimate
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial