old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
supreme command authority (of the emperor)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
as; because; with; due to
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
myself; yourself; I; me; you
in comparison to; rather than
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify