shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
sad; wretched; deplorable
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
three generations; three periods; third generation
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
communication with the dead