to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
oppression; suppression; pressure
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
such ... as; or some such
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
soil amelioration; soil improvement
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
twice; again; second time
to increase; to add to; to augment
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to badger; to pester; to beg
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
sports-minded; sports-oriented