former years; formerly; a few years ago
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
prospects of victory; chances of success
prosecutor general; attorney general
probability; likelihood; chances
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
police substation; residential police box
(social) class; rank; grade
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
a push; another effort; one more effort
current administration; present government
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to oust; to dethrone; to drive down (e.g. into a valley); to chase down; to capture (a castle); to seize (by driving out the garrison)
whole (family, company, village, etc.); entire; all (citizens, employees, etc.); covering entirely (in cloth, leather, etc.)
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
returning tit for tat; retaliating
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to become inverted; to become reversed
vitality; energy; dynamism
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with