head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
government official; clerk
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
election; selection; choice
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
a long time ago; long before now
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
order; sequence; procedure
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
sympathy; compassion; pity
at first; in the beginning; originally
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force