cane; walking stick; staff; wand
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
sense of smell; olfaction
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
emergency; unexpectedness
sudden death; unexpected death
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to capture
people; citizens; subjects; folk
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
what proportion; what percentage
sick person; patient; invalid
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
successively; one after another
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
armed might; military power; the sword; force
settlement; solution; resolution
demonstration; show of force
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone