one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
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)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
that's the way it is; such is life
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
boy; son; baby boy; young man
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
distant look; faraway look
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
tone (of voice); manner of talking
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to have a talk; to tell a story