remaining silent; keeping secret
to talk; to chat; to chatter
retort; back talk; backchat
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
rule; reign; peaceful times
history of Japan; Japanese history
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
aggression; invasion; raid
good; goodness; right; virtue
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
incident; affair; happening; event
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
form; method; system; formula
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
armed might; military power; the sword; force
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)