being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
specialization; specialisation
double; twice (as much); twofold
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
imprisonment; incarceration
penalty; sentence; punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
place; room; margin; scope
calming down; quieting down
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
creaminess; cream-like consistency
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
right of succession; right to the throne
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
above-mentioned; above-named; above
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)