union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
beginning; outset; first; onset
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
stopping a ship; detention; quarantine
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
the same place; that place
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
essentially the same with only minor differences
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
shades of evening; dead of night
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
meeting; facing; confronting
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface