to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
retainer; retinue; servant
small profits and quick returns
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
reputation; respectability
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
export; exportation; efferent
demarcation; marking of boundaries
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
this (very thing); this precisely
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
ability; performance; efficiency
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
nest; hive; hideout; refuge; nesting (software, data structures)