talented person; clever person
Minister of the Right (third-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
(political) administration; political power
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
government official; public servant; civil servant
sharp parting remark; parting threat
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(religious) faith; belief; creed
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
(national) capital (city); metropolis
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
follower; follower (on social media)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
imperial court; royal court
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter