people; citizens; subjects; folk
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
to say; to be called; to do
again; once more; a second time
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
else; in addition; besides
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
divine aid; divine grace; providential help
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
power; authority; jurisdiction
rejection; negation; voting down
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...