to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; match attended by the team's owner
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
most part; greater part; majority
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
agreement; stipulation; contract
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
looking out for oneself; putting one's own skin first; prioritizing one's own safety above all else
military service; conscription
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
guess; speculation; supposition
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
deportation; expulsion from the country
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
extremists; radicals; militants
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course