life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
January; first month of the lunar calendar
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
society; public; community; social studies
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
blow; shock; strike; batting