skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
for this very reason; that is exactly why
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
essence; true nature; substance; reality
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression
international border dispute
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge