from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to sit for an examination
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
government by the imperial court
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
true character; real nature
assistant ...; probationary ...
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
custom; practice; convention; precedent
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
a little bit; a little while
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
deceased; late; dead; departed
nothing but; except; no more than
beyond that point; after that
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse