fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
nowadays; in this day and age
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
invitation; introduction; temptation
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
restraint; restriction; control; check
moderate; proper; just right
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
form of government; system of government; polity
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
novel; original; new; innovative
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
freedom; free man; free woman
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
judicial power; jurisdiction
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
military spending; military expenditure
restoration; return to health
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be