self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
that is to say; so that means
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to arrive; to come to pass
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
high rating; good reputation
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
talent for poetry; poetic genius
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
indescribable; having no way to express
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
technical skill; ability; capacity
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
quotation; citation; reference
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
depiction; description; portrayal
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
here and there; everywhere