parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
senior high school; high school
annual (plant); first-year student
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
such ... as; or some such
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to select someone (out of many people)
since then; from that time; ever since
police officer; policeman; policewoman
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
wedded life; married life
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
pregnancy; conception; gestation
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
since one was born; (in) all one's life
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)