free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
one's increasing age; approaching old age; aging steadily
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
this world; this life; this generation; present day
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
day by day; every day; by the day
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
trembling with excitement