soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
mysterious phenomenon; weird phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
pretense; affectation; showiness
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
splish-splash; with a splash
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
thoroughly; through and through
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
pre-war days; before the war
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
sense of duty (obligation)
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
stale; hackneyed; cliched
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
bad influence; negative influence
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
working; in operation; running; active