to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
selection; choice; option
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
professor; teaching; instruction
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to teach; to take a teaching job
rule; reign; government; governing
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
knowing; (an) acquaintance
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
pointing out; identification
true character; real nature
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
adoration; admiration; devotion
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being