- to raise (prices); to adjust upwards
- to hold up an umbrella
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
- to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- democracy; democratic
- to vote; to cast a vote
- anonymous
- to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
- bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
- to guide; to lead
- a war flag; an army banner
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to have a smile on one's face
- funny; ridiculous
- Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3]
- previous life; previous incarnation
- desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
- time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- Edo (old name of Tokyo)
- moonlit night
- brave; heroic
- to cast; to forge; to form; to create
- biography; CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]
- to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
- to place oneself; to be (in a place or situation)
- to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to
- (idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
- persevering; tenacious
- unsurpassed; extreme; extraordinary
- lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage