influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
call; summons; convening; convocation
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
headquarters; head office; main office
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
next; secondly; subsequently
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
restricted; confined; unfree
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
society; company; the public; the world
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
France; French (language)
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to make sense; to be meaningful
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
looking on; remaining a spectator
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
topic of discussion; agenda
just a minute; small quantity
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)