to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
variation; rogue (something)
landowner; landlord; landlady
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to make sense; to be meaningful
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
letting (someone) die without helping
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
distinguished war service; merit of war
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
verbal promise; one's word
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
true state; actual condition; reality
rationalization; justification
in the future; another day; later
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up