infancy; childhood; tender age
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
territory; domain; dominion; possession
odds and ends; all; every
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
all present; all concerned; all of us
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
same generation; one's generation
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
local specialty; special product (of a region)
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
on that occasion; at that time; then; in that case
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
as if it were about oneself
news of someone's death; obituary
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light