national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
municipal (civic) law; domestic law; national law
strong nation; powerful country
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
to machine; to cut; to scrape
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
aging; ageing; growing older
vivid; gorgeous; resplendent beauty; bright
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
countenance; visage; (facial) features; honor (honour); face; dignity
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
very close friend; bosom friend
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
to marry off; to espouse to