confections; sweets; candy; cake
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
steering (of a boat); steerage
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
the way back; the way home; return trip
going there is easy but coming back is hard
children's song; nursery song
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
sympathy; empathy; response
sense of sound; sense of pitch
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
government; administration
(political) administration; political power
intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted
opinion; point of view; visual point
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
supreme; sublime; highest
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; (lit.) taking Gansu only to want Sichuan
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
quotation; citation; reference
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious