hegemony; leadership; initiative
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
out of control; uncontrollable
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
insolent fellow; rude fellow
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
strategist; tactician; schemer
in person; personally; directly
order; command; life; destiny; fate
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
job title; name of one's position
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
(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 meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
influence; clout; leverage
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea