Vocabulary

freedom to carry out political activities; freedom of political activity

large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum)

is; are

hanging down

grim stare; stern look

to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

sharp voice

harsh language

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

to raise someone's spirits; to enhance a mood

to feel more like (a certain mood)

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy

good feeling

midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)

official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

stairwell

pleasant feeling; good vibes

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; personally; firsthand

mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

in the course of one's duties

woman's word for the sound of feet thumping across a noh theatre; space of noh theatre based on the reach of the sound of feet thumping

invariably; like clockwork; with perfect regularity

please wait; one moment please

to erase all trace of something

to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel

to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize

each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country

uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)

to sober up

to sober up

to be divinely skilled

to be divinely skilled

(not) so much; (not) that much

to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; to sharpen one's fangs

to sharpen one's claws