candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
gulp; gulping; swallowing
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
taste; palate; sense of taste
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
washing machine (laundry)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
strong nation; powerful country
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to take off one's glasses
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
existence; possession; having; limited company
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
interest (in something); enthusiasm
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
father of one's country; father of the nation
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
domestic affairs; internal administration
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)