invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
reform; reformation; reorganization
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to be remembered; to go down in history
personal feelings; self-interest
strategy meeting; council of war
strict order; peremptory command
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to concern; to be related
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
by sheer strength; by brute force
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)