white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
plainly; clearly; vividly
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to look around; to look towards (us)
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
imagination; supposition; guess
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
world; society; people; the public
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to repeat; to do something over again
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
process; course; mechanism
convenience; user-friendliness
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
literature; books (reference); document
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
even if not; even without
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level