waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
main school; principal school; this school; our school
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to continue (going along some trend)
to entrust; to leave to a person
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to make an appearance; to show up
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
overthrow of the shogunate
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
calming down; quieting down
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness