careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
interference; meddling; butting in
being too late; losing one's final chance
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
mobilization; mobilisation
exemplar; model; example; pattern
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
prospects of victory; chances of success
decisive battle of brief duration
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
organization; organisation; forming
some people; a few people; several people
knowing; (an) acquaintance
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
power; authority; jurisdiction
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
armed forces; military; troops
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years