young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
aggression; invasion; raid
again and again; repeatedly
to say; to tell; to state; to do
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
right (to do something); authority; power
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
our country; our land; one's own country
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out