tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination
keeping house; being confined to one's house
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
military officer; naval officer
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
number of (large) animals
chief; leading; important; prominent
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation