this world; this life; world of the living
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
apparently; appears to be
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
pupil; student; schoolchild
chair; stool; post; office; position
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
when it becomes; when it comes to
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
leadership; initiative; spearhead
casualties; injuries and deaths
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
exclusive; attached to; specialist
academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)
match; game; bout; contest
practice jump (throw, etc.)
end; tip; extremities; terminal
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to cut corners; to be shoddy
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
concealment; suppression; hiding
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof