envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)
consumption; expenditure; spending
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
technical skill; ability; capacity
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
regarding highly; attaching importance to
if you think about it; come to think of it
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life