torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
profitable plan; good plan
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
imperial sanction; royal charter; chartered (e.g. chartered accountant)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
name plate; name tag; label
mangy cur; low animal; beast
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things