well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
offensive camp; team at bat
stationing (troops); occupancy
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
absolute obedience; complete submission
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
calming down; quieting down
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
change; transition; vicissitudes
to deal with effectively; to handle (well); to manage; to pass around (a plate of food, etc.) after taking one's share
rude person; insolent person
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)