reform; reformation; reorganization
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
administration; government; administrator; consul (of the French republic; 1799-1804)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
command; lead; generalship; leadership
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
successor; replacement; second wife
next term; next period; next version; next release
to be discordant; to have discord
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
a long time ago; long before now
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
imperial throne; the Crown
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
certain; definite; clear; credible
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
emperor (of Japan); mikado
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do