to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
even more; still more; further
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)
(your, his, her) daughter
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
town; city; municipal; urban
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
at that time; in those days
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)