early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
at a young age; while still young
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
since; henceforth; ever since
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
management; administration; operation
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
kind; sort; species; species
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(political) power; authority; influence
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to maintain; to continue to have
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
charming; fascinating; attractive
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)