what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
notes; comment; remark; annotation
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
military expedition led in person by the emperor
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
southeastern part; the southeast
despotic government; autocracy
be (that) as it may; having said that
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
massing (of troops); gathering
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
adoration; admiration; devotion
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
outside the country; abroad
difficult to ...; hard to ...