dignity; majesty; sanctity
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
research material; experimental material
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
emperor (of Japan); mikado
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to take (be in) charge of
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
guess; speculation; supposition
conviction; belief; confidence
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
earnestly; immediately; exactly
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
meanwhile; in the meantime
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse