place; situation; position; location
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
water outlet; tap; faucet
to turn towards; to point
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
dozens; scores of; decades
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
secret information; intelligence
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
training; drill; practice; discipline
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
every place; various places
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
very; much; greatly; a lot of
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
the people; citizens; the populace
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
right (to do something); authority; power
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)