dukedom; duchy; principality
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
great war; great battle; world war
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
to gain fame; to make one's name
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
exclusive; attached to; specialist
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
dead person; deceased person
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
preliminary step; first step
battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry; rushing at the enemy
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to mistake (A for B); to misread
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
propulsive power; driving force
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)