place; room; margin; scope
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
serious; severe; grave; acute
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
requital; return; revenge; retaliation; reply
successive generations; successive emperors
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
drama; play; powerful drug
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
reopening; resumption; restarting
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
favorite; favourite; habitually used
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor