will (esp. of shogun); decree; emperor's wishes
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to anticipate; to foresee
way (of doing); manner; method; means
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
on the other hand; at the same time
(within a) territory; domains
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
young lord; successor of one's current lord
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
relation; connection; affinity
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
crops; agricultural produce
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
appointment; assignment; promotion
allegiance; obedience; submission
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
a little bit; a little while
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)