life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
one's superior; senior; elder
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
be (that) as it may; having said that
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
guess; speculation; supposition
judgement (on whether something is right or wrong); decision; argument; dispute; quarrel
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
banner (imperial, shogun, etc.); standard
the ways of the world; human nature
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
ancestor; forefather; foremother
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
whichever one chooses; either way
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
baby's first steps; celebration of a baby's first steps; opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to find; to discover; to come across; to spot
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)