(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
strong sake; firewater; rotgut
to refuse; to decline; to deny
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high