encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
third stage; three stages
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
difference; variation; difference
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
torture to death; torment to death
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
carnivore; carnivorous animal
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to say no more; to sink into silence
home area; home town; local
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
question; inquiry; enquiry
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)