honor; honour; credit; prestige
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
how; in what way; by what means
point of compromise; common ground
to be found; to be discovered
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
by itself; automatically; naturally
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
odds and ends; all; every
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to become pale; to turn pale
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
transactions; dealings; business