old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
establishment; settlement
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
(former) imperial university
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
early (days); initial stage; initial
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
organs of the state; machinery of the state
beforehand; in advance; previously
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
papermaking; paper manufacture
sales; selling; marketing
at first; in the beginning; originally
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
government service; the bureaucracy
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by