training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
moonrise; rise of the Moon
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
consumption; expenditure; spending
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
torturing to death; tormenting to death
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
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 ...)
to retire from public service
supply; provision; service; supply
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature