to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
turmoil; chaos; confusion
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
(political) power; authority; influence
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
face; looks; vestiges; trace
king; monarch; ruler; champion
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
determination; esprit de corps
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
literally; to the letter; literal
excellent; superb; first-rate
to devise; to plot; to plan
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number