convenience; user-friendliness
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
ancient city; former capital
to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
commander-in-chief; generalissimo
affectation; showiness; pretence
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
human intellect; knowledge
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
excess; surplus; superabundance
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
decisive battle of brief duration
granted that; even if; even though
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
as everyone knows; needless to point out
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to talk big; to be bombastic
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
(together) with; -wide; including
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
fort; stronghold; fortification
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
same generation; one's generation
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
dullard; indecisive person
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess