best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
by all means; at all costs
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
to count up; to enumerate
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
strategic vision; strategic acumen
to cut; to slit; to slash
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
nothing but; none other than
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
mountain road; mountain trail
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
massing (of troops); gathering
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
such ... as; or some such
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break