to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
woman; female; feminine gender
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
second generation; second; junior
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
foreign; abroad; overseas
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
meaning; significance; sense
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
river; stream; River; the ... river
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
even though; despite; when