prosperity; flourishing; thriving
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
popularization; popularisation
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(not) in any way; in no way
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
every year; yearly; annually
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
patronage; favour; favor; custom
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
postcard; memo; note; card
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to catch the eye; to attract attention
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
assertion; declaration; affirmation
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out