years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
immediately; right away; on the spot
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
receiver; receiving entity
transceiver (send and receive)
time-stamp; time-stamping machine
chronological order; time series
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to use all one's strength (ability)
false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
dealing with; coping with
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
manipulation of information; spin
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)