actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
even more; still more; further
to take over; to hand over
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
descendant; posterity; offspring
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
secretary (government); director; chief
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
function; facility; faculty; feature
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
had better ...; had better not ...
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
government service; the bureaucracy
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay