exemption; exoneration; discharge
financial world; business circles
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
(find) common (meeting) ground
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
boastful speech; bragging
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
very young; little; childish; immature
back off!; leave me alone!
newspaper report; press reporting
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
imprisonment; incarceration
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure