obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
senior; elder; person older than oneself
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone