ceremony; celebration; law code
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
large number (of); many; majority
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
time; season; period; phase; stage
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
considerably; greatly; a lot
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
example of use; usage example; use example
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
morning fog; morning mist
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
seventh day of the month; seven days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be all out; to exhaust
generation; the world; the age
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up