resignation (from a position)
to run about; to rush about
hot topic; talk of the town
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to follow; to conform; to apply to
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
drama; play; powerful drug
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to become misty; to become hazy
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
half and half; fifty-fifty
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
yearning; longing for; deep affection
odds and ends; all; every
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
term of office; tenure; incumbency
successive generations; successive emperors
several years; a few years
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
complete stranger; total stranger
to be fated to; be linked by fate
how; in what way; in what manner
traditional; conventional
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
next term; next period; next version; next release
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
local referendum; poll of residents; plebiscite
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
popular will; will of the people
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little