how much; how many; however
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
foolish question; stupid question; one's question
leaving a matter to chance
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance to; modeling; modelling
labour and management; labor and management
urgent; requiring quick (response)
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
to lure out; to entice out
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
younger scholar; future reference
annotation; explanatory note; comment
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be deep fried; to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings); to stand out; to be striking
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to choke; to have trouble breathing
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
worthy of special mention
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose