heat haze; shimmer of hot air
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
questions and answers; dialogue
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
sensual love; love affair
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
audience (with a person of high standing)
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
message of condolence; memorial address
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
inheritance; something given or received
how dare ...; how could ...
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
how many people; a number of people
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to take up one's residence
true character; real nature
to smile (at); to grin (at)
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
greedy; avaricious; covetous
to manage a state; to govern a country
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin