doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
right (to do something); authority; power
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
reception room; parlor; parlour
grandfather; male senior-citizen
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
to mix; to stir; to blend
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
audience (with someone of high standing)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
ruining a country; ruined country
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct