abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
bygones; the past; past event
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
something like ...; something called ...
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
no matter how much time passes
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)