airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
society; the world; the times
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
difficult to ...; hard to ...
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
match (for lighting a fire)
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
good old; good old-fashioned
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
the ancients; ancient people
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
major war; great war; world war
(small) stone; rock; piece of stone
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
(in) the air; midair; sky
fort; stronghold; fortification
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life