expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
special training; intensive training; crash course
secret; private; surreptitious
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
by myself; in person; by oneself
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
as before; as ever; as it was originally
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance