unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
either way; in any case; one way or another
disturbance; riot; mayhem
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to say (something) over one's shoulder
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
successive generations; successive emperors
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely