paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
reshuffling; job rotation
appointment; assignment; promotion
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
traffic accident for which the other side is at fault
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to have orderly plans; to be systematic
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
good citizen; honest man; respectable member of society
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
off an island; away from an island; off-island
rebellion; great uprising
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
underestimation; undervaluation
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)