disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
storage medium; recording medium
several years; a few years
calculated; premeditated; considered
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
antiquity; the previous era
made-to-order; custom-made
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to be born; to come into this world
this (very thing); this precisely
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
bet; wager; stake; gamble
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
cold wind; chilly breeze; (blast of) cold air
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
advance; moving forward; progress
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
just above; right overhead
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty