bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
celebratory banquet; feast
conference; council; convention
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
each nation; many nations; many countries
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
outrageous lie; outright lie
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
triumphant return; returning in triumph
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
business; errand; nature of one's business
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
moderate faction; moderates
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
confections; sweets; candy; cake
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
just because; even if; even though
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with