Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
China; Han dynasty (of 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); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
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
intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
officers and soldiers; soldiers
commoner; humble subject; private citizen who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period; grassy place; bush
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
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)
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
lower half of the body; nether parts
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
Deva king (guardian god at a temple gate, holding a vajra); Vajrapani
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
upper; upward; upper (of a shoe); uppercut; upper (drug); stimulant
sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour