person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
stealthily; secretly; in secret
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
rule; reign; peaceful times
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
aggression; invasion; raid
to happen to meet; to come across
very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions
dominion; territory; possession
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
blunder; slip; error; error
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
great commander; famous commander
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
people; citizens; subjects; folk
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind