to spend time (on doing something)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
body and soul; mind and body
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
pupil; student; schoolchild
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
working in the fields; working on a farm
to sprout; to put forth buds
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle