reoperation; repeat surgery; second surgery; surgical revision
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
in the end; after all is said and done
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
abortion; discontinuance; stoppage; suspension
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
relation; connection; relevance
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
seeing for the first time; first sight
cancer research; cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
extensive; vast range; wide scope
purification; cleaning up; purging
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
leading person; foremost figure
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting
vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
in the mountains; among the mountains
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
aging; ageing; growing older
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
pupil; disciple; follower
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through