investiture of the Crown Prince
you could say; you might say; verging on the
token (effort); something done for form's sake
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
in good health; alive and well; going strong
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
the same rank; equality; apposition
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
in the midst of the enemy
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
agile, flexible (e.g. of corporate management); nimble; quick to respond
to cover fully; to wrap around
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
to be stripped of all one has
passage; fare; shipping charges
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
red flame; (solar) prominence
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
jeweler; gem dealer; jeweler's (jewelry) shop
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
shady; underhanded; questionable