to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
entrance fee; participation cost
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
three-of-a-kind (poker hand)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
overall victory; championship
prize money; monetary award; reward
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard