to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
environment; circumstance
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to put one's strength into
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
almost; roughly; approximately
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
strength; power; proficiency; ability
independent action; acting alone
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
minimum; at the very least
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago