a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
foundation stone; cornerstone
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
older brother; elder brother
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
cannot be compared with; no match for
don't you think?; indicates question
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
that's the way it is; such is life
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
field; plain; prairie; moor
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion