to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
mid-air breakage or disintegration
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
power; might; authority; influence
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate)
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
three parts; three copies
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
Emperor Shoumu; Shoumu Tenno (701-756 CE, reigning: 724-749 CE)
wherein; therein; thereinto
prayer (for something); supplication
successive generations; successive emperors
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
transceiver (send and receive)
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
meditation; silent contemplation
to palm off; to force a sale
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to dry up completely; to become stale
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all