surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
history of; experience of
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
physical education; PE; gym (class)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
around the world; throughout the world
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to keep in mind; to memorize