(political) power; authority; influence
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to sentence; to assign a penalty
again; once more; a second time
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
tide; current; tendency; trend
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thorough; exhaustive; complete
oppression; suppression; pressure
until now; so far; up to the present
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
good-for-nothing; worthless
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be able to manage somehow or another