ready with a rifle leveled
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
suppression; repression; subjugation
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
repentance; confession; penitence
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
immediate follower (of the shogun)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
human intellect; knowledge
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
main force; chief object; mainline
one cause; one reason; one factor
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
support; backing; aid; assistance
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
direct control; direct supervision
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife