to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to get late; to advance; to wear on
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
talk; dialogue; conversation
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
summit meeting; summit conference; top-level meeting
reaction; response; reaction
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
loyal retainer; loyal subject
in name only; titular; nominal
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
parting ways after a quarrel
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
nice; good; well-executed
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
to be main; to be principal; to be important
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
cannot be helped; unavoidable
military affairs; military service
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
another thing; other things; another man's property
based on; built on; made from
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
strike (i.e. industrial action)
command; commander; commandant