coloring agent; colorant; colourant; (food) coloring; colouring
long (time that has passed); old (story)
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
insight; power of observation
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
military force; military strength
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
a long time ago; long ago
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
paying one's own expenses
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply