meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
very likely; very probable
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
right of succession; right to the throne
unconfirmed; unidentified
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
interior; inside; internal
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam