to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
very great; enormous; serious
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
winner; victor; conqueror
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
emperor (of Japan); mikado
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
at; in; at; when; by; with
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going