class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
comparatively; relatively
guardian; protector; patron; parent
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
public telephone; pay phone
telephone booth; telephone box
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
operator (e.g. telephone)
to keep (a person) waiting
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
recollection; reminiscence
popular name; common name; given name
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
switching over to; migration; transition
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
no matter how much time passes
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)