postwar period; period after Second World War
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
at that time; in those days
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
head house (family); birthplace; originator
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
firmly rooted; deep-seated
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
interior; inside; internal
secret; private; surreptitious
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
supreme leader; ultimate leader
(courteous) invitation; call
indispensable; essential; necessary
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to backfire; to have a harmful result