whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
knowing; (an) acquaintance
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
(Japanese) empress; queen
before it happens; previously
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to relate at great length; to dwell eloquently (on)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
land route; overland route; by land; overland
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
intelligence; discernment
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
conjecture; guesswork; guess
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
long ago; already; a long time ago
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
so; like this; in this way
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
cornering someone; cornering an opponent's king (shogi)