study; pursuit of knowledge
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
pupil; student; schoolchild
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
job; work; duties; trade; skill
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
being adopted into the family of one's bride
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
the front; honest; upright; decent
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
one by one; one after another; successively
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to ask a question; to ask questions
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on