direct proportion; direct ratio
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
creation; founding; initiating
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
few decades; many decades; several decades
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for)
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
separation; farewell; parting
abandoned child; foundling
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
affable; sociable; friendly
good family; respectable family; decent family
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
stranger; visitor; outsider
courteous; decorous; polite
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless