to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
difference; disparity; gap
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
chief; main; principal; important
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
(political) power; authority; influence
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
to cook; to handle (well); to manage
society; the world; the times
whichever one chooses; either way
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to blame; to find fault with
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
two sly characters outfoxing each other; (lit.) a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
sound of voice; vocal sound
to shed light; to cast light
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to face on; to look out on to
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)