administration of justice; judicature
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
how many years; how long; what year
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
study group; study meeting
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
in all respects; in every way; whatsoever
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
Unification Church (new religious movement); Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
older sister; lass; young lady
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
human rights; civil liberties
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
something extra; something on top; and then some; icing on the cake
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
role; duty; position; part
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
innocence; being not guilty
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
in terms of; from the point of view of