time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
offensive (movement); aggression
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
intermission (between acts); interlude
internal conditions; true state of affairs
official name; formal name
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
absorption; suction; attraction
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
military force; military strength
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
firm; strong; solid; stable
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
group; bunch; crowd; group
general; popular; common; typical
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
military authorities; army circles
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
form; shape; figure; morph
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
regret; repentance; remorse
to do together; to share; to participate in
at that time; in those days
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time