great army; mighty host; whole army
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
to cease; to stop; to be over
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
officers and soldiers; soldiers
commoner; patriot; humble subject; late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid-18th century to mid-19th century)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to use; to make use of; to utilize
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
discretion; consideration; allowance
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
brilliant; bright; glorious
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
spirit residing in the ground
Taishang Laojun (Lao-tzu as a supreme divinity of Taoism)
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate)
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight