restraint; restriction; control; check
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
intimacy; affection; familiarity
fragment; one of the group or party
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
university education; college education (training)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to work hard; to make an effort
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
way; method; means; (technical) specification
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
sworn brother; buddy; pal
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
though; notwithstanding; although
imperial decree; imperial edict
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive