(uncommon) a commoner, an ordinary person (in contrast to the aristocracy or nobility)

enviable / jealous, envious

royalty, people of royal birth

black, bluish black / gloomy, dusky / used to indicate the Li people of Hainan Province, China

live a life

cause, origin / basis, foundation / cost / (finance) capital / principal

life; livelihood; daily living.

as one wishes, in a way that one wants

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

in my opinion; I think; I guess; upon thought; upon reflection; upon contemplation / conceivably; presumably