present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
time axis; time basis; timeline
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
of course; certainly; naturally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
clear; precise; definite; distinct
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to pass (of time); to elapse
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
minority group (party); minority
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar