respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
pupil; student; schoolchild
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
officer below the rank of major; company officer
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
occupation; calling; livelihood
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize