defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
prince's message; command of a prince
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
that matter; those matters
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
one's person; around one's person
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
(artistic) accomplishments
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
the nine nearest generations of relatives
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
great success; happy result; good result
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
practical; realistic; pragmatic
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication