teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
technical book; specialized book; treatise
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
production (e.g. play); direction
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
how long; how far; how much
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
bad example; bad precedent
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous