to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
literature; books (reference); document
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
immediately; right away; on the spot
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to attempt; to test; to try out
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
almost; roughly; approximately
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
extensive; vast range; wide scope
all; entire; whole; altogether
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
northern part; the north (of a region)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
otherwise; if not; or else
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out