violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
court (of law); courtroom
warring nations; belligerents
outsider; someone outside of a group
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
second anniversary of a death
total energy; all efforts
leaving everything up to someone else
restoration; repair; mending
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
false nose; artificial nose
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
to follow advice; to act upon advice
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
empress's residence; empress
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
rule; custom; tranquility; tranquillity
to talk together; to chat together
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
younger half-sister (by a different mother)
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
flowers and trees; flowering trees
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to arrange (e.g. flowers); to decorate
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to hang (something) on the wall