Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
river; stream; River; the ... river
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
Japan and the Philippines
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
beyond this point; from now on; after this
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
execution; punishment; spanking
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
even more; still more; further
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
admiration; being impressed (by)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation