receiving payments (pension, ration)
household; home; family; housekeeping
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
one's home country; one's homeland
reason; cause; circumstances
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
pre-war days; before the war
distinction; differentiation; classification
coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)
hunting ground; hunting preserve
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
finally; in the end; on top of all that
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
money paid to the government
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
brand items; brand-name goods
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
(arch.) bottom of the sleeve; height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); secret; secret bribe
to be amused; to find something interesting
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
each nation; many nations; many countries
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption