several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
split; division; break up
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
one's person; around one's person
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
at that time; in those days
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
incident; affair; happening; event
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to support each other; to support one another
to mark the end; to spell the end
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
imprudent (misguided) fellow
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program