to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
clever scheme; outlandish plan; unusual plan
seoi nage (judo); shoulder throw; back-carry throw
fake; sham; counterfeit; impostor; cheat; hypocrite
past misdeeds; old crimes
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
edict; ordinance; proclamation
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
court (of law); courtroom
warring nations; belligerents
outsider; someone outside of a group
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
second anniversary of a death
total energy; all efforts
leaving everything up to someone else
restoration; repair; mending
consequence; result; conclusion
false nose; artificial nose
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel