because of; owing to; due to
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be entwined; to be involved
to half-rise to one's feet
out of character; unlike one
rearrangement; reorganization; recounting (an event)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
oppression; suppression; pressure
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
number of times; frequency; count
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
lineage; pedigree; good family
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics
difference; disparity; gap
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
care; precaution; guarding; caution