(political) power; authority; influence
maintenance; preservation; improvement
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
naturally; of course; understandably
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
-less; lacking; non-existing
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
counter for generations; epoch
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
obese body; corpulent physique
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
marriage proposal; courtship
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to stiffen; to become stiff
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
if so; in that case; in that situation
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full