performance of one's official duties
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to give a broad grin; to smirk
to add (to); to add on; to append
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to pile up; to accumulate
optimization; optimisation
sense of values; values; value system
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
imperial decree; imperial edict
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to govern; to manage; to subdue
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials
and then; and so; and; so then
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
having no special rank or title
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
power; authority; jurisdiction
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
this world; this life; world of the living
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
genuine; authentic; true; real
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
head house (family); birthplace; originator
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)