national crisis; national disaster
trial; judgement; judgment
former employee; retired person; retired employee; retiree
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
to underrate; to make light of
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
complete set of household goods
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
hindrance; obstacle; harm (to one's health); bad effect; menstruation; period
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
the front; honest; upright; decent
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
layout map; block plan; layout plan
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
service in the first reserve
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem