teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
expertise; experience; knowledge
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
in search of; in order to look for
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
gag order; gag rule; gag law
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
Wakayama (city, prefecture)