(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
serious; not joking; straight
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
this occasion; at this time; now
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
just one person; only one
to need; to call for; to require
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
to pick up; to find; to gather
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall