region; limits; stage; level
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
how many years; how long; what year
body; physical system; (the) person
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
construction; architecture (of buildings)
authority; power; influence
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
just because; even if; even though
while alive; during one's lifetime
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to laugh away; to laugh off
if it is the case that ...
way (of doing); manner; method; means
government; administration
secret military agency; secret service
calamity; disaster; misfortune
periodic; regular; routine
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
first generation; founder
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)