change; alteration; modification
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
hostility; animosity; enmity
armed might; military power; the sword; force
consideration; taking into account
empress (consort); queen (consort)
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
comparatively; relatively
course; route; path; process; stages
plural; multiple; plural (number)
changing clothes; change of clothes
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
manners; behavior; behaviour
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
serious; severe; grave; acute
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
everywhere; all over; throughout
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryō system); (arch.) forced labor
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
close; intimate; on good terms
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer