national crisis; national disaster
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
samurai and common people
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
outside the country; abroad
to have a reason; to have an excuse
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
to stop talking; to be silent
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
national defence forces; national security forces
related to; in relation to
diplomatic; diplomatically
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
toleration; magnanimity; comprehension
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
late at night; small hours of the morning
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
counter for drops of liquid
phantom; vision; illusion
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook