state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
serious; severe; grave; acute
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
monolith; large slab of rock
rather; better; instead; if anything
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
to hate each other; to hate mutually
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891)
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
connection; link; relationship
to disperse; to take a castle
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
noisy; confused; uproarious
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to say; to tell; to state; to do