to tower over the surroundings
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
capital; funds; seed money; asset
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
all eyes; public attention
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
busy; having no (free) time
special precautions; special vigilance
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to help each other; to cooperate
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
influential person; man of importance
leadership competition; power struggle
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
degree of relative priority
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
very busy (person or thing)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
that kind; competition; match