to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
being adopted into the family of one's bride
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
different culture; foreign culture
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
(medical) doctor; physician
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
book; volume; this; present; main; head
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to be erected; to be built
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to write down; to record; to register
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below