old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
youth; minor; young people
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
pressure; oppression; suppression
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
natural; inborn; inherent; innate
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
influence; effect; impact
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
to begin to speak; to begin to explain
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
inevitable decline (decay, collapse, etc.)
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous