vague recollection; faint memory
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
each; (arch.) you (plural)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
those (near the second person)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
chief; main; principal; major
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
impossible to do (although wants to)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
numerator; molecule; member; element
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
interior; inside; internal
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator