starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
pair; the two; both persons; both things
closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
(find) common (meeting) ground
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
severe wound; serious wound; gash
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
February; second month of the lunar calendar
great war; great battle; world war
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
commandant; commanding officer; general
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)