profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
contemplation; meditation
to provide (a person) with a bodyguard
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to find out; to discover; to locate
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to give; to do (something) for
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
pension (esp. public servant's); (arch.) a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
generation; lifetime; age
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture