difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
two (long cylindrical things)
bureaucratic world; government circles
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
social order; public order
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
political offence; political offense
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
(in) his way; peculiar to him
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
endurance; perseverance; patience
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
scrupulous; careful; meticulous
one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position