competent; suitable; qualified
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
professional; careerman; worker
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
much less; to say nothing of
you (plural); all of you; you all
home-schooling; studying at home
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
doctor's rounds (in hospital)
to teach by example; to teach by showing; (lit.) to teach with one's back
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
difference; variation; difference
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker