distribution channel; channel of distribution
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
executives; top management; governing body
main force; chief object; mainline
position; location; base; point; site
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
regarding highly; attaching importance to
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to gain a victory; to win
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
conferring of decorations
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
otherwise; or else; if not
self-determination; suicide
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
to sprout; to put forth buds
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to feel depressed; to be down
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage