environment; surroundings; circumstances
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
domestic affairs; internal administration
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
number of persons; personnel
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
interference; intervention; meddling
political situation; political affairs
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
border (between countries); national border
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
bribe; sweetener; douceur
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)