fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
memories; recollections; reminiscence
homecoming; return to one's home
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
reigning; controlling; dictating
to shake; to waver; to tremble
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
at first; initially; in the beginning
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to help each other; to cooperate
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
study; diligence; discount; reduction
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
without sparing time for sleep
study; pursuit of knowledge
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
wherein; therein; thereinto
next term; next period; next version; next release
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency