in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
base (military, expedition, etc.)
preservation; retainment; keeping
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
meaning; significance; sense
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
surroundings; environs; circumference
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
environment; circumstance
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly