to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to become excited; to grow lively
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
only; merely; but; no more than
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
be (that) as it may; having said that
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment; antisepsis
superior; superiors; senior
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated