to apologize; to apologise
to become pale; to turn pale
serious; severe; grave; acute
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
angelica (any herb of the genus Angelica, esp. garden angelica, Angelica archangelica)
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to find fault with; to question
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
3000; three thousand; many
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
at once; immediately; right now
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly