literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to rank next to; to come after
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
so; like this; in this way
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
personality; character; individuality; personhood
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
woman; female; feminine gender
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
that day; the very same day
late at night; at a late hour
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
on the way home from work; returning from work
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular