start; commencement; beginning; initiation
reckoning from some position (e.g. point, date, etc.)
within; inside of; less than
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
practice jump (throw, etc.)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
modesty; humility; being humble
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
selection; choice; option
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
perfect; complete; flawless
to approach; to draw near
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
carefree; free from worry
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
awkward (difficult) question
tattling; telling on (someone)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
personal; individual; private
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
comma; decimal point; radix point
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to talk (a person) down; to confute
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky