saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
membership of the Imperial family
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
entreaty; supplication; petition
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation