doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
our country; our land; one's own country
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
conversely; on the contrary
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
older sister; elder sister
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
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
green light; (giving) permission; OK
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
right of succession; right to the throne
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage