salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to become possible; to become able to (do)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
elder sister; effeminate man
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to drug (someone, food, drink)
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
(small crunchy) dried sardines
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
art of self-defense (defence)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection