company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
robes of a judge or lawyer or priest
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to govern; to manage; to subdue
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.)
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
regarding highly; attaching importance to
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
not limited to; not just ...
personality; character; individuality; personhood
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
heir; inheritor; successor
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
succession struggle; succession race
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
superiority complex; sense of superiority
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
anxiety (about the future)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
seniority by length of service
rational; reasonable; logical
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to make a success in life