military service; conscription
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
territorial relationship; regional bond
influential person; man of importance
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
peace conference; peace negotiations
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
having no special rank or title
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
in the meantime; meanwhile
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
(total) number (of people or things); count; quota
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
collection of books; (personal) library
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to put one's life on the line
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to quicken one's pace (steps)
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding