becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
succession; continuation; series; sequence
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
very much; exceedingly; extremely
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
that is to say; so that means
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
decoration; ornament; trimmings
method of bringing up; method of raising
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
whip (cream, etc.); whipping; to whip; to whisk
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
hair (of the head); pubic hair
to torment; to harass; to tease
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)