bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
great success; huge success
excellent; superb; first-rate
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
boring; dull; uninteresting
Dragon King; promoted rook
political economy; political science and economics
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to become settled; to be fixed
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
recommendation; referral; endorsement
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to live; to make a living; to get on with
refinement; elegance; grace
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
faculty of law; school of law; college of law
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
head of the student council; president of the student council