influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
financial power; financial means; wealth
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
military force; military strength
around the world; throughout the world
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
and so; therefore; for that reason
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to become pale; to turn pale
struggle (for); scramble; contest
relation; connection; relevance
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
technical training; professional education
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
bad influence; negative influence
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
rational; reasonable; logical
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
personal affair; one's own affair