revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous
at once; immediately; right now
main theater of war; principal battlefield
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
near; nearby; not far off
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
strategy meeting; council of war
brave general; great soldier
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
on bad terms; at loggerheads
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
big frame; large figure; huge body
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
retainer; subject; vassal; servant