elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
government; administration; ministry
proper; full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start); regular price; net price
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to correct oneself; to restate
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
such; like that; that sort of
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
murder; killing; murderer
magic sword; cursed sword
lethality; killing effectiveness
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
old kingdom; ancient kingdom
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
just the other day; quite recently
genuine article; real thing; real deal
successive generations; successive emperors
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
capacity; volume; capacitance
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
easily; in no time; effortlessly
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass