to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
inheritance; something given or received
white (complexion); fair-skinned
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
artists' world; painting circles
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
woman; lady; adult female
support; backing; aid; assistance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
many; numerous; various; large number of
woman; female; feminine gender
to get a reputation as a philanderer
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
man; male; masculine gender
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation