peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
to put someone to trouble
to require the care of others; to need to be looked after; to be troublesome; to be a nuisance; to be a handful
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be main; to be principal; to be important
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
the real criminal; true culprit
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
sword skills; swordsmanship
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to investigate; to examine
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
dark elf (fictional race)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
survival; survivor; relic