favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
retention; maintenance; preservation
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
cannot be helped; unavoidable
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
chief; main; principal; major
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to await; to wait for; to expect
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
fortified city; walled city
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible