to burst (open); to break; to split
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
string instrument; stringed instrument
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
adherent; devotee; believer
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
personal feelings; self-interest
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to do for (the sake of someone else)
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
ramification; branching off
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to start; to begin; to commence
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
import; importation; introduction; afferent
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
workshop; studio; atelier
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
back off!; leave me alone!
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
it's not like; it isn't as if
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful