middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
serious; severe; grave; acute
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
beginning; outset; first; onset
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
system; institution; organization; organisation
general; popular; common; typical
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to some extent; to a certain extent
people; men and women; each person; everybody
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
function; facility; faculty; feature
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
each nation; many nations; many countries
democratization; democratisation
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to accept; to receive; to agree
difficult to ...; hard to ...
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
government; administration
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
political measures; policy
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
license system; licence system; permit system; approval basis
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood