to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to name; to call; to christen; to term
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
topic of discussion; agenda
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
letter (of alphabet); character
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
good family; respectable family; decent family
sons and daughters; children; girl
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
had better ...; had better not ...
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
not yet known; unknown; strange
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
ability; capability; skill
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege