to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
relying completely on others; being totally dependent on others
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
Five Tiger Generals (in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
government; administration; ministry
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
in public; in company; in the presence of others
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to clear up; to become cloudless
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
white circle; white star; victory mark; victory