rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
Tokugawa Ienari (1773.11.18-1841.2.20), Shougun 1786-1837
term of office; tenure; incumbency
successive generations; successive emperors
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
one cause; one reason; one factor
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
two times; twice; two degrees
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Einstein; Einstein, Albert (1879-1955; German-born theoretical physicist)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
World War III; Third World War
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Japanese film; Japanese painting