blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
accomplished lady; talented woman; eminent woman
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
wealthy person; millionaire
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
absolute obedience; complete submission
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
long; drawn-out; very long
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something