three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
unlucky day; bad day; evil day; critical day (for a crop)
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
repayment; redemption; depreciation; amortization; amortisation
above-mentioned; above-stated; aforementioned; aforesaid
24 hours; twenty-four hours
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
enactment; establishment; creation
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
true state; actual condition; reality
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
raw materials; ingredient
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
bhava (becoming, existence)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to be adjacent (with each other); to come into contact (with each other); to touch (each other); to neighbor (neighbour); to border
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
way one walks; one's walk
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
not hard to ... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)