halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
moderate faction; moderates
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
immediately; right away; on the spot
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
posterity; future life; life to come
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind