period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to do together; to share; to participate in
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
chance; opportunity; occasion
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
source of information; intelligence source; message source
isolation; being alone; being friendless
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
established policy; existing procedures
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
never mind!; don't worry about it
called; known as; that; to say
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
even if ...; even supposing that ...
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
how; in what way; by what means
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)