ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
death (of an emperor); demise
offender; criminal; culprit
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
glorious achievement; distinguished service
thereupon; shortly thereafter
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
end of sales; discontinuation of sales
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
pessimism; disappointment
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)