to put on; to wear; to get used to wearing
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
prince's message; command of a prince
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
that matter; those matters
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
one's person; around one's person
cannot be helped; unavoidable
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
(artistic) accomplishments
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
nine nearest generations of relatives; four generations back, oneself, and four generations to come
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
great success; happy result; good result
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
rule; government; administration
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official