apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to follow another's example
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
custom; habit; customary practice
as is habit; the way life normally is
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
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
ingrained habit; second nature
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
to say as a tradition; to customarily say; to have a habit of saying
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
idiom; set phrase; habit of speech; saying
beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are
apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping
follow the person to your right (command to form a line); following someone's example; imitating someone; following suit
you're never too old to learn
by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart
you can't do something if you don't know how to do it; (lit.) you can't read a sutra (by heart) if you haven't learned it