entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
power map; power structure; power relationships
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
(political) administration; political power
(political) power; authority; influence
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
member of shogun's council of elders
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
be (that) as it may; having said that
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to order; to command; to appoint
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
promotion; raising of status
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
charge; grounds; suspicion
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)
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be related to someone by blood
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
relation; connection; affinity
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
one-sided; partial; unfair
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start