education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
study; diligence; discount; reduction
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to get change back; to be more than enough
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
of course; certainly; naturally
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
carnivore; carnivorous animal
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
moment by moment; hour by hour
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
recompense; indemnity; atonement
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
very hungry; starving; ravenous
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
point of compromise; common ground
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to rank next to; to come after
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
four corners; four ordinal directions