elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
wise man; philosopher; sage
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
(social) class; rank; grade
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
site; point on a map; spot
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
these days; nowadays; recently
professor; teaching; instruction
great admiration; deep respect
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
settlement; solution; resolution
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
imperial court; royal court
king; monarch; ruler; champion
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely