advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
to deal with a large number
pride; dignity; self-worth
to fight with swords; to cross swords
race (of people); type of person
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
transfer; transport; transportation
country; territory; domain; realm
to keep an eye on; to take care of
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
drawing board; drafting board
(another person's) nephew
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step