to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
guess; speculation; supposition
interest; rights; concession
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
while; during (the time when)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
world peace; peace of the world
something like ...; something called ...
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
people; men and women; each person; everybody
of course; certainly; naturally
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
monolith; large slab of rock