advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
physical law; laws of physics
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
business; trade; operations; sales
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
war; battle; match; game; competition
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
now that; since; so long as; because
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
this (is) again; really; so; extremely
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
beginning (of a century, etc.)