make-up; makeup; cosmetics
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
split; division; break up
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
absorption; suction; attraction
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
parade; review (of troops)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
cooperation; coordination; link
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
military force; military strength
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
number of persons; personnel
foreign enemy; outside invader
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
armed might; military power; the sword; force
disturbance; riot; mayhem
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
resolution; decision; vote
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
country; territory; domain; realm
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture