this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
imperial visit; imperial outing
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
vice-minister; undersecretary
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
go that far; to that extent
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
murder of one's own lord or father
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
how; in what way; how about
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
beginning; outset; first; onset
failure; mistake; blunder
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to escape death; to be saved from death
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing