in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
silence (not speaking); muteness
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
true character; real nature
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
several years; a few years
polite; courteous; hospitable
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
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
of all things (days, etc.)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
toddling; taking tottering steps
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
court council; privy council
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of