cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
disorder; chaos; confusion
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
friction; discord; strife
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
many; numerous; various; large number of
pending question; unresolved problem
intensive; concentrated; focused
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
difference; disparity; gap
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to sigh; to breathe a sigh