urgent business; pressing need; imperative
our country; our land; one's own country
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
border patrol; border guard; border guards
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
dozens; scores of; decades
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
to step over or across; to overcome
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
selection; choice; option
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
total energy; all efforts
each; (arch.) you (plural)
looking on from afar; being a spectator
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
weak (organization, organisation)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially