meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
white sauce; béchamel sauce
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to follow another's example
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
throughout; all through; right through
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
postwar period; period after Second World War
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
members; member; constituent
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
organization name; organisation name
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
waiting room; duty room; standby room
in that way; like that; that way
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)