to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
smelling of earth; rustic
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
putting life into; animating; cheering up
in accordance with; according to
manner of using one's hands
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
without sparing time for sleep
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
cake served with tea; teacake
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
required subject; compulsory course
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
almost every day; almost daily
to dance all night; to dance until dawn
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently