gifted education; special education for gifted children
the same generation; coeval
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to trace back to (the origins of something)
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
image; figure; figure; form; image
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
like that; that way; thus
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend