to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
ending up right back where one started
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to live; to reside; to inhabit
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
physical education; PE; gym (class)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
food self-sufficiency rate
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
agricultural land; farmland
leadership; initiative; spearhead
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
no matter how much time passes
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
biological younger sister
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
fertile; rich; productive