oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
as one had hoped; as one wishes
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
on bad terms; at loggerheads
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to satisfy the requirements
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
forevermore; for eternity
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
(it) is fine; nice; good; all right
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
common language; lingua franca
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
long (time); protracted; prolonged
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
looks; features; (personal) appearance
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere