obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
urgent report; urgent message
to say; to tell; to state; to do
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
as much as one can; as much as possible
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
unconfirmed; unidentified
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
few decades; many decades; several decades
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
southwestern part; the southwest
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
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
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
southeastern part; the southeast
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams