cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to ask a question; to ask questions
how; in what way; how about; questionable
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
revival; restoration; resuscitation
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to prostrate oneself before
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
founder of dynasty or sect
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
even though; despite; when
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the whole world; the seven seas
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
posterity; future life; life to come
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
second generation; second; junior
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
several times; several degrees
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander