risky; dangerous; insecure
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
creation of heaven and earth
snake; serpent; large snake
descendant; posterity; offspring
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
omniscience and omnipotence
pretension; assumption (of a title)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
king; monarch; ruler; champion
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
sinking into obscurity; being ruined
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
great authority; eminent person; luminary
bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
grayish white; greyish white
to weigh one thing against the other; to act in consideration of; to compare and take into consideration
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest