strength; power; proficiency; ability
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
the same generation; coeval
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
quantity or volume of water
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; incarceration; internment
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
no sleep or rest; working day and night
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
(social) class; rank; grade
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
research institute; (research) laboratory
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
royal capital; imperial capital
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito