to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
friction; discord; strife
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
already; now; no longer; not any more
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
split; division; break up
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
on and after; from ... onward; since
globalization; globalisation
international cooperation; international harmony
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
battle royal; battle royale (genre)
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
war; fighting; fierce competition
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
now that you say that; now that you mention it
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means