achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
moving tale; impressive tale
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
leader; central personage
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
meeting hall; assembly hall
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to throw into; to dump in together
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health