to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
important post; important office; key position
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
sending home; repatriation; deportation
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
zest for living; energy to live
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
dying in a fit of anger or indignation
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
already; now; no longer; not any more
starvation; famine; hunger
epidemic; plague; pestilence
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
governor-general; governor; viceroy
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
just managing; with great difficulty