maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to play a central role; to take a leading part
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
(political) power; authority; influence
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
change; transformation; inversion
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
aggression; invasion; raid
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
rule; reign; government; governing
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
unconditionally; as a rule
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
world; society; people; the public
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
in that way; like that; that way
questions and answers; dialogue
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
the other day; a few days ago
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous