to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
to worry about; to be vexed
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
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)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
filtration; filtering; percolation
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
long blast of a ship's horn
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
box-shaped; box-type; boxy
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
contact; touch; contact lens
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
closely-guarded secret; top secret