place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
at that time; in those days
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
beginning; outset; first; onset
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
imperial court; royal court
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
family; relatives; dependents; household
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
but; however; even though; even if
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to shake; to waver; to tremble
patriotic feelings; patriotism
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy