success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
weakening; emaciation; decline
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
willpower; energy; vitality
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
(a place) within one's reach
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
modernization; modernisation
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
interval; break; pause; spare moment
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
personal (employee); employed; retained
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for