wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
please; somehow or other; one way or another
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
such; like that; in that way
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
normalcy; normality; normal
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
split; division; break up
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
family; members of a family
so; like this; in this way
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
contradiction; inconsistency
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.