audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
failure; mistake; blunder
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
like this; this sort; this way
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
(political) power; authority; influence
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir); smooth transference of power (responsibility, etc.)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
time; hour; period; class
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
use; utilization; utilisation; application