story; tale; talk; discussion
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
discipline; training; teaching manners
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
primary school; elementary school; grade school
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
behaviour; behavior; conduct
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)