study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
(lively, tireless) children; kids
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
home area; home town; local
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
as much as one can; as much as possible
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
pointing out; identification
work; business; company; study
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably