to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
state secrets; secrets of the state
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
other than; excluding; without
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(Japanese) imperial succession
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to get one's head around; to think about
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
women's group; women's association
to be silent; to say nothing
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
one bow; one salute; one greeting
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
like this; this sort; this way
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to accept; to receive; to agree
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that