ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
common reed (Phragmites australis)
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
lately; recently; nowadays
real thing; original; actual
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
based on; on the basis of
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
simple; easy; convenient; handy
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
back street; back alley; off-street
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain