having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
massing (of troops); gathering
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
irrational (line of) argument
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to investigate; to examine
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
dispersing; breaking up; running away
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
so; to such an extent; such
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court