to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
older brother; elder brother
five most important temples of a region
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
king's younger brother; royal brother
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to win and advance to the next round
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
with a bang (clash, bump)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
first cry of a newborn baby
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
severe punishment; rigorous measures
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
defense; defence; fielding
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
stifled (laughter); simmering
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall