eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
archipelago; group of islands
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
isolation; being alone; being friendless
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
troubled times; turbulent times
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
among countries; between countries
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
nothing but; except; no more than
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way