growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
all members; everybody; regular member
falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
protector (e.g. chest); guard
breastplate; chest protector; bib
adviser; advisor; consultant
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
actor; actress; player; performer
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
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