learner; student; scholar
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing
one grade; first-class; primary
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
connection; relation; linkage
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
not understanding; not knowing
single word; a few words; brief comment
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
belief; faith; conviction
convenience; user-friendliness
preference; priority; precedence
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
around the clock; day and night
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
talking while standing; standing around talking