Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
nothing but; none other than
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
in comparison to; rather than
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
really; truly; indeed; good grief
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
conferring of decorations
desperation; struggle to the death
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
all you want; as much as one wants
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances