operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
in the background; not standing out
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
distinguished war service; merit of war
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of
to shout (in anger); to yell
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
establishing oneself in life; success in life
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
one's share; one's portion
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
dry riverbed; river beach
to loiter around; to wander about
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
either way; in any case; one way or another
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
contradiction; inconsistency
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
New Year's pine decorations
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)