difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
establishment; settlement
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
death (of an emperor); demise
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to capture; to seize; to plunder
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
heir; inheritor; successor
that's the way it is; such is life
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
loyal retainer; loyal subject
man among men; manly man; alpha male
whole story; full picture; full particulars
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
home area; home town; local
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
not worth considering; out of the question
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate