semi-governmental; semi-official
people; citizens; subjects; folk
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
commencing with; including
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
this (very thing); this precisely
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)