prospects of victory; chances of success
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to accept; to receive; to agree
now; the present time; just now; another; more
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
people; citizens; subjects; folk
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
reason; cause; circumstances
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to be found; to be discovered
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
how; in what way; how about
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
sword worn on the hip; something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last