growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
diaphragmatic breathing; abdominal breathing
true state; actual condition; reality
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
Western music; European music
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
Fuji Rock Festival (music festival) (abbr)
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
description; describing; depicting
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
several years; a few years
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
coating (esp. lacquering)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
degree of baldness; stage of balding
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
conversely; on the contrary
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
innocent; cherubic; childlike
being extremely grateful; being much obliged; being very appreciative; being very happy
joint together; opposite; facing