exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
minimum; at the very least
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
representative; exemplary; model
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to lead a life; to live a life
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to run a shop; to have a shop
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to be right on target; to strike it rich
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to be selected (from among many people)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
several people; a few people
at least; at most; (even) just
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)