armed forces; military; troops
organization; organisation; forming
ruler and ruled; master and servant
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
right (to do something); authority; power
strict order; peremptory command
direct control; direct supervision
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
how many years; how long; what year
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
two classes; double; two sets
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
deliciously sweet; delectable; sweet dew sent by heaven as a sign of benevolent rule (Chinese legend); sweetened water; sweet sake; amrita; ambrosia of the gods
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
(forming a) circle; huddle; circular (battle) formation
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
lottery; lot; raffle; draw