interference; intervention; meddling
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to become misty; to become hazy
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
(political) administration; political power
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
disintegration; self-destruction