speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
empress dowager; queen mother
accession to the throne; enthronement
emperor (of Japan); mikado
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
drama; play; powerful drug
increase in activity; activation
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
chief; main; principal; important
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to call a person's attention (to)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to state; to express; to mention
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
up until now; as recently as the present
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
authority; power; influence
striking; remarkable; considerable
(the) haves; those who have
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
rebellion; great uprising
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
preparation; provision; guarding
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited