development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
everyday life; daily life
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
everyday affairs; mundane matters; popular usage
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
the Japanese syllabary symbols
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
rather than; more ... than ...
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
meaning; significance; sense
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
design; idea; conception; plan
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
putting into operation; invocation
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!