reliance; trust; faith; confidence
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
difference; variation; difference
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
right (to do something); authority; power
high and low; rise and fall
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to exert oneself; to make efforts
near; close; beside; third person
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to govern; to manage; to subdue
successive generations; successive emperors
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
(how) many times; (how) often
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to