labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
conviction; belief; confidence
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
recommendation; referral; endorsement
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
to take command; to give direction
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery (of money, clothing, belongings); holdup; mugging
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
of course; certainly; naturally
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to dispatch a messenger; to despatch a messenger