large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to blame; to find fault with
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
empirical; from experience
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to be remembered; to go down in history
peace conference; peace talks
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
handrail; railing; banister
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
strong pressure; heavy pressure
chief vassal; senior statesman
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to let an opportunity slip
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
to assemble; to set up; to construct