rare; uncommon; not often seen
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
Son of God; child of an emperor
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
depravity; corruption; degradation
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
deportation; expulsion from the country
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
to blacken; to make black
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
victim; injured party; sufferer
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend