angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
personal history; background; career
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
research; study; investigation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
otherwise; or else; if not
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
since when; from when; how long
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
as a child; when one was a child
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known