entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
question; inquiry; enquiry
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
Thales (Greek mathematician, c.624-546 BCE)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
(former) imperial university
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
ability; capability; skill
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
(college) president; secretary-general
(not) so much; (not) that much
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of