military force; military strength
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
maintenance; preservation; improvement
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
relation; relative; kind; cordial
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
chief; main; principal; important
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to be embarrassed; to lose face
long; drawn-out; very long
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
action of making something; -ification
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to increase; to add to; to augment
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend