sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
empress dowager; queen mother
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
in succession; one by one
invisibly; secretly; privately
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
while; even though; despite
secret; private; surreptitious
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
while; during (the time when)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to be surprised; to be astonished
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be silent; to say nothing
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
in one's own way or style