Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
to add (to); to add on; to append
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to watch over; to watch attentively
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
hostility; antagonism; opposition
choices; alternatives; options
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
literature; books (reference); document
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
strong person; the strong; the powerful
position; location; base; point; site
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
small number; few; minority
mobilization; mobilisation
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
plural; multiple; several
split; division; break up
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
great war; great battle; world war
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick