twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
combination; union; binding; bond
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
state of society; social conditions; order of the world
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
reaching; attaining; arrival
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
foreign (international) relations; diplomacy; external affairs
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
this world; this life; world of the living
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back