cellar; cave; hole in the ground
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
person in line (for ...); person expected to ...
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
high (government) official
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
competing; competition; auction
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
remains; corpse; (dead) body
every evening; night after night
reproachful; hateful; bitter
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
to die; (lit.) to become earth
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
crowding together; grouping together; swarming; crowd; group; swarm
water outlet; tap; faucet
energy; vitality; mental determination
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
government; administration
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection