you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
study group; study meeting
true state; actual condition; reality
student body; student council
hegemony; leadership; initiative
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
squared timber; rectangular lumber
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
adherence to the shogunate
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
(political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels