to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to subsist; to keep on living
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
(present) head of a family
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
national border; provincial border
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to yell; to rant; to rave
to shout (in anger); to yell
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
people; citizens; subjects; folk
that is to say; so that means
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
many; numerous; various; large number of
to decide; to determine; to judge
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
from the beginning; from scratch