authenticity; credibility
countermeasure; counter-measure
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
well known; well connected
connection; link; relationship
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
treatment (of a person); dealing with
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
disturbance; riot; mayhem
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
selection; choice; option
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
people; citizens; subjects; folk
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to unfold; to unroll; to open
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to discuss; to talk together
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
leader; authority; mainstay
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
crown; diadem; bottle cap
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
suppression; repression; subjugation