to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
art of war; strategy; tactics
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
surely; certainly; without doubt
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
relation; connection; relevance
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
attendance; presence; appearance
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to spread; to be propagated
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
one's person; around one's person
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
being very busy; busyness
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
massing (of troops); gathering
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual