(Japanese) imperial succession
right (to do something); authority; power
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
aggression; invasion; raid
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be talented; to be able
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to see through; to see the true nature of something
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to feel; to sense; to experience
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to say; to be called; to do
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
gossip; corner of the mouth
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag