to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
in high spirits; excited; energetic
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
novel; story; (work of) fiction
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
many; numerous; various; large number of
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
process; course; mechanism
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
desperately; for one's dear life
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
great joy; delight; jubilation
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles