class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
calm; composed; leisurely
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
start; beginning; first step; clue
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
hastily made; improvised preparation
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to rain incessantly; to downpour
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
such; like that; in that way
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
military shoes; combat boots
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to be second to none (in)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to shoot a person to death
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
leaving everything up to someone else
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin