candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
(the) play-by-play; play-by-play commentary; running account
to say; to be pleased to say
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
trackless; reckless; dissipated
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view