obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
time paradox; paradox in time travel
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
interference; intervention; meddling
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
occurrence; happening; incident; event
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
too many to count; too numerous to mention
any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; (lit.) if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
boy; son; baby boy; young man
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to grow up; to become an adult
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
finding employment; getting a job
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification