following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
sympathy; compassion; pity
place; room; margin; scope
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
(social) position; status
to gain fame; to make one's name
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
one part; one portion; one section
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
popular name; common name; given name
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
(political) power; authority; influence
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
outside the country; abroad
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
court lady; lady-in-waiting
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
in one's own way or style
very much; very many; more and more
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
way of speaking; intimation
wedded life; married life
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy