(Japanese) empress; queen
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
prime minister; premier; chancellor
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
mechanism; organization; organisation
frequent reflection (meditation)
Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
secretary (government); director; chief
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)