January; first month of the lunar calendar
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
incident; affair; happening; event
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
memory; ability to remember
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
materials; data; document
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
long time; long interval; for quite some time
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
matter to be checked or investigated
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to watch over; to watch attentively
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
business world; business circles; (the) industry
leader; authority; mainstay
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
cannot be compared with; no match for
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
present continuous tense; present progressive form
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
near oneself; close to one; familiar