senior; veteran; old-timer
conference room; place of assembly
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
location of a press conference; press conference room
the late emperor; preceding emperor
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
guess; speculation; supposition
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
archeological; archaeological
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
suggestion; hint; implication
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
top news; front-page news; lead story
special program; special programme
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
person of common sense; common sense man
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
in terms of one's personality; personal; character (flaw, etc.)
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
to oust; to dethrone; to drive down (e.g. into a valley); to chase down; to capture (a castle); to seize (by driving out the garrison)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
consultation; conference; discussion; counsel
imperial throne; the Crown
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
custom; practice; convention; precedent