true state; actual condition; reality
student body; student council
hegemony; leadership; initiative
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
squared timber; rectangular lumber
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field; right fielder; right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
to melt together; to blend together
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
supporting the Tokugawa shogunate (at the end of the Edo period)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
long squared wooden poles used as weapons by student protesters
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; motto; main feature; star
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted