overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
feeling of a house or a room
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
topic of discussion; agenda
border (between countries); national border
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to concern; to be related
countermeasure; counter-measure
our country; our land; one's own country
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
area; region; district; locality
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
several hundred; hundreds (of)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)
form; shape; figure; morph
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong