training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
progress; advance; improvement; development
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
price decline; fall in price
police officer; policeman; constable
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
eating habits; diet; dietary pattern
bathing (of an infant); ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
meditation; contemplation
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
childcare leave; maternity leave; paternity leave
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
bacterium; bacteria; germ
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad