asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
to repeat; to do something over again
failure; mistake; blunder
society; public; community; social studies
because of; owing to; due to
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
employer's house; master's house
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
older sister; lass; young lady
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side