large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
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to settle (in a place); to settle down
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
-less; lacking; non-existing
this world; this life; world of the living
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
complicated and mysterious
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
contradiction; inconsistency
process; course; mechanism
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up