the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
departure; leaving; starting; standing
national crisis; national disaster
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
depression; recession; slump
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
looking pale; looking unwell
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
blunder; slip; error; error
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp