to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
supreme command; high command
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
obedience; submission; resignation
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
book; volume; this; present; main; head
impossible; unlikely; improbable
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions