make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
(political) power; authority; influence
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
family; relatives; dependents; household
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
momentous (crucial) decision
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
appointment; assignment; promotion
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
so; therefore; and; (and) then
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull