ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
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)
founder; originator; pioneer
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
state of mind; mentality; psychology
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
point in common; common feature
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
not understanding; not knowing
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky
sun; saint; San (people); son
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to fall down; to fall over; to roll; to tumble; (arch.) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
and; thereupon; because of that
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight