(one acting as a) foster parent
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to be helpful; to be useful
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
strong-willed; strong of heart
hitting the ball squarely
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
gradually; slowly but steadily
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to manage something successfully; to be successful
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing