notification; pre-1886 administrative order
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
rule; reign; peaceful times
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to waive one's right; to waive a right
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
the late emperor; preceding emperor
Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
government; administration; statesmanship
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
old body; aged person; elderly person
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
practical person; man of action; doer
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
finance reform; fiscal reconstruction
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to inherit; to succeed; to take over