to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be silent; to say nothing
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
intelligence gathering; information gathering
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
under control (e.g. of territory)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
major powers of the world; great powers
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
the other day; a few days ago
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous