limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
this (very thing); this precisely
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)
vine; climber; climbing plant; creeper; creeping plant; liana
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
in proportion to; just as much as
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child