long (time); longstanding; for a long time
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
(national) capital (city); metropolis
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
deep inside; innermost place
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
another name; synonym; alias; pseudonym
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
your body; your health; yourself; you
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
successively; one after another
being in one's hometown; being in one's domain (as opposed to being in Edo; of a daimyo or his retainers)
entreaty; appeal; petition
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to say; to be called; to do
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
scene; spectacle; sight; view
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
being rampant; domination