pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
notice; attention; observation
to take over; to hand over
personal (employee); employed; retained
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
by myself; in person; by oneself
to fight against; to oppose; to face
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
explosion; rupture; break off
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to ask; to enquire; to query