to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
slight; little; insignificant
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
detention; custody; confinement; internment
to investigate; to examine
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
in terms of; from the point of view of
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality