state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
offensive camp; team at bat
stationing (troops); garrisoning
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
calming down; quieting down
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
change; transition; vicissitudes
to deal with effectively; to handle (well); to manage; to pass around (a plate of food, etc.) after taking one's share
rude person; insolent person
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
quotation; citation; reference
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
blitzkrieg; blitz; lightning war
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
waste thread; lint; fluff
good wife and wise mother
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)