year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
charming; fascinating; attractive
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to have medicine be effective
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
promotion; raising of status
teacher; instructor; professor
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
direct control; direct supervision
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
living together; communal life; cohabitation
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to pick up; to find; to gather
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
even if not; even without
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman