physical condition; state of health; shape
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
supervised; under surveillance
in name only; titular; nominal
to subsist; to keep on living
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
trend of the times; way things are going
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict