public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
exit; way out; outlet; vent
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
line; queue; procession; matrix
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
review; reconsideration; revision
to let out a cry; to break forth
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
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 dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
in any case; whatever the case may be
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances