horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
man; male; masculine gender
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
results (of a study or investigation)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
feudal lords; barons; princes
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
had better ...; may as well ...
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
succession to the peerage
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
subordination; dependency
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
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)