grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
just you wait and see (as a threat)
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
tens of thousands of years
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
(United States of) America; USA; US
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
warships and other vessels; naval vessels
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
cruise; navigation; sailing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life