split; division; break up
those present; attendance
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)
fort; stronghold; fortification
preparatory phase; preparatory period
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
conventional forces; conventional military forces
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
in session; in progress; under way; open
one's person; around one's person
softly; mildly; gently; politely
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
abstention; nonparticipation
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)