giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
young noblewoman; princess
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
tool; implement; means; furniture
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
very; much; greatly; a lot of
such; like that; in that way
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
place; room; margin; scope