secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
feeling; sense; impression
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
manner of using one's hands
mailbox; mail box; email box
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
header (on a document, email, etc.)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
also known as; also called
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to order; to command; to appoint