military expedition led in person by the emperor
100,000; hundred thousand
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
retainer; attendant; escort
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
(not) even with; (not) even using
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
wound (suffered in a fight)
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
to take charge during someone's absence
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
means of transportation; transport service
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers