becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
degree of familiarity; popularity
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)
killing two birds with one stone
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
difference; variation; difference
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
degeneration; retrogression