person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
sign; indication; omen; symptom
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
wherein; therein; thereinto
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
one by one; one after another; successively
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
recuperation; medical treatment
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
(dying of) natural causes
source of worry; source of distress
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
hard struggle; strenuous effort
biological child; one's own child
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
well-cooked; well-done; browned
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
in name only; titular; nominal
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
even though; despite; when