to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
invisibly; secretly; privately
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
modesty; humility; being humble
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
personal; individual; private
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
physical strength; muscular strength
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
raised leg; lifting a leg; upturn (in the market); (arch.) sitting cross-legged
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
inheritance; something given or received
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
one of these days; someday; one day
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday