example; illustration; precedent
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to be exhausted; to be tired out
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
while; during (the time when)
considerably; greatly; a lot
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
wintertime; winter season
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
just because; even if; even though
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
refining; refinement; smelting; training
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
distant look; faraway look
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on