with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to be badly made; to fail
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
custom; habit; customary practice
optimization; optimisation
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
closing time; lockup; curfew
period of time; time slot; time zone
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
free (of charge); gratuitous
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
school building; schoolhouse
to save one's face; to maintain one's status
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to be intimate with; to befriend
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
separate; respective; different