to grow into adulthood / to excel

length

aristocracy

(history) the House of Peers (upper house of Japan's Imperial Diet) / the House of Lords (upper house of Britain's or Ireland's Parliament)

to wait eagerly or impatiently

good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines; drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is better than medicine

to make judgement based on the long run, rather than on the current state of affairs

it is best to submit to circumstances