specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
various countries; various regions; various provinces
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
application; request; petition
all ages; great antiquity; eternity
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
to arrive; to come to pass
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
family a woman has married into
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
firm promise; definite promise
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
approval; license; licence; permission
to jump at; to be attracted by
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
to leave this world; to die
income; receipts; revenue
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
stabbing to death; putting out
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
near; close; beside; third person