adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
second (unit of time); arc second
royal capital; imperial capital
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
ruler of a country; sovereign; monarch
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
going into battle; departure for the front
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
ago; since; before; previous
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health